SCOFF (eating-disorder screen)
SCOFF questionnaire (Morgan 1999): the five-question eating-disorder screen; 2 or more positive answers flags a likely eating disorder.
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Sick: make yourself sick when uncomfortably full
- Yes
- Control: worry about lost control over eating
- Yes
- Fat: believe yourself fat when others say thin
- Yes
Result: SCOFF 3/5: 2 or more positive -- a likely eating disorder warranting further assessment.
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What the result means
- Threshold
- a count of 2 or more flags a likely eating disorder warranting further assessment.
What you enter
- Sick: make yourself sick when uncomfortably full
- Control: worry about lost control over eating
- One stone: lost >6.35 kg in 3 months
- Fat: believe yourself fat when others say thin
- Food: food dominates your life
How this is calculated
- Items
- five yes/no items -- Sick, Control, One stone, Fat, Food; each "yes" scores 1.
Morgan JF, Reid F, Lacey JH. The SCOFF questionnaire: assessment of a new screening tool for eating disorders. BMJ. 1999;319(7223):1467-1468. Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.