
Emotional Eater Questionnaire
Do your emotions control your eating habits? Take this test to find out.
By Mark Travers, Ph.D.
May 30, 2024

By Mark Travers, Ph.D.
May 30, 2024
Mark Travers, Ph.D., is the lead psychologist at Awake Therapy, responsible for new client intake and placement. Mark received his B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude, from Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado Boulder. His academic research has been published in leading psychology journals and has been featured in The New York Times and The New Yorker, among other popular publications. He is a regular contributor for Forbes and Psychology Today, where he writes about psycho-educational topics such as happiness, relationships, personality, and life meaning. Click here to schedule an initial consultation with Mark or another member of the Awake Therapy team. Or, you can drop him a note here.
The Emotional Eater Questionnaire is a psychological assessment tool designed to quantify different facets of emotional eating behavior. Emotional eating involves turning to food in response to emotions rather than physical hunger cues.
The scale evaluates several dimensions of emotional eating behavior—including cravings for specific foods, difficulties in regulating food intake, eating in reaction to stress or emotional triggers, feelings of guilt regarding certain foods, and the perception of loss of control over eating habits.
Scores on the emotional eater scale provide insight into the degree to which individuals engage in emotional eating behaviors. Higher scores indicate a greater reliance on food for emotional comfort or regulation, whereas lower scores suggest more controlled eating habits.
You can take this test here. Please follow all of the steps to receive your results.
References: Garaulet M, Canteras M, Morales E, López-Guimera G, Sánchez-Carracedo D, Corbalán-Tutau MD (2012). Validation of a questionnaire on emotional eating for use in cases of obesity: the Emotional Eater Questionnaire (EEQ). Nutrición Hospitalaria. 27(2):645-51. doi: 10.1590/S0212-16112012000200043. PMID: 22732995