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Use the EAT-26 to help you determine if you need to speak to a mental health professional to get help for an eating disorder. It will take about 2 minutes to complete.
Take the EAT-40. The EAT-40 is the original version of the Eating Attitudes Test. The 40-item version was shortened to 26-items (EAT-26) based on a factor analysis.
Downloads
If you would like permission to download a physical copy of the EAT-26 as well as obtain scoring instructions, go to the Permission page and complete the request form. The test and the scoring instructions are free.
If you would like permission to put a link on your website to the EAT-26 so that users can take the test anonymously and then submit the results for immediate and anonymous scoring, go to the contact us page and fill out the request for the links and the instructions.
Test Downloads
EAT-26 Scoring and Interpretation (PDF)
EAT-26 Test with Self-Scoring Column (Word Doc Suitable for self-administration)
Scoring and Interpretation fold-over pamphlet (PDF)
EAT-26 Test Item Scoring Key (PDF)
Article Downloads
Garner et al. (1982) Article describing the 26-item version of the EAT (PDF)
Garner & Garfinkel (1979) Article describing the original 40-item version of the EAT (PDF)
Garner & Garfinkel (1980) Article describing the first study using the EAT in a ballet sample (PDF)
Current Contents Citation Classic (1993) (PDF)
Garner et al. (2016). Article showing the expected decline in EAT-26 scores with treatment.
Rogoza, Brytek & Garner (2016). Analysis of the EAT-26 in a non-clinical sample.
Shah et al. (2022). The EAT-26 is #2 and #4 of most sited 100 articles in ED field. The most cited EAT-26 article according to Google Scholar is not included!