{{Short description|Eating behaviour screening tool}} {{Multiple issues| {{Orphan|date=October 2016}} {{how-to|date=August 2023}} {{Context|date=August 2023}} }} The '''Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire''' (abbreviated as '''TFEQ''') is a questionnaire often applied in food intake-behavior related research. It goes back to its publication in 1985 by Albert J. Stunkard and Samuel Messick.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stunkard |first1=Albert J. |last2=Messick |first2=Samuel |title=The three-factor eating questionnaire to measure dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger |journal=Journal of Psychosomatic Research |date=January 1985 |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=71–83 |doi=10.1016/0022-3999(85)90010-8 |pmid=3981480 }}</ref>

The TFEQ contains 51 items (questions) and measures three dimensions of human eating behavior: * 'cognitive restraint of eating' (Factor I – 21 items) * 'disinhibition' (Factor II – 16 items) * 'hunger' (Factor III – 14 items)

Each item scores either 0 or 1 point. The minimum score for factors I-II-III is therefore 0-0-0, the possible maximum score 21-16-14. There exist revised versions of this scale with reduced numbers of items: the TFEQ-R18 with 18 items<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Romon |first1=Monique |last2=Deschamps |first2=Valérie |last3=Lafay |first3=Lionel |last4=Borys |first4=Jean-Michel |last5=Karlsson |first5=Jan |last6=Ducimetière |first6=Pierre |last7=Charles |first7=M. Aline |title=The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 Is Able to Distinguish among Different Eating Patterns in a General Population |journal=The Journal of Nutrition |date=September 2004 |volume=134 |issue=9 |pages=2372–2380 |doi=10.1093/jn/134.9.2372 |pmid=15333731 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Anglé |first1=Susanna |last2=Engblom |first2=Janne |last3=Eriksson |first3=Tiina |last4=Kautiainen |first4=Susanna |last5=Saha |first5=Marja-Terttu |last6=Lindfors |first6=Pirjo |last7=Lehtinen |first7=Matti |last8=Rimpelä |first8=Arja |title=Three factor eating questionnaire-R18 as a measure of cognitive restraint, uncontrolled eating and emotional eating in a sample of young Finnish females |journal=International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |date=2009 |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=41 |doi=10.1186/1479-5868-6-41 |doi-access=free |pmid=19615047 |pmc=2720907 }}</ref> and the TFEQ-R21 with 21 items.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cappelleri |first1=J C |last2=Bushmakin |first2=A G |last3=Gerber |first3=R A |last4=Leidy |first4=N K |last5=Sexton |first5=C C |last6=Lowe |first6=M R |last7=Karlsson |first7=J |title=Psychometric analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R21: results from a large diverse sample of obese and non-obese participants |journal=International Journal of Obesity |date=June 2009 |volume=33 |issue=6 |pages=611–620 |doi=10.1038/ijo.2009.74 |pmid=19399021 }}</ref>

== See also ==

* Binge Eating Scale * Body Attitudes Test * Body Attitudes Questionnaire * Diagnostic classification and rating scales used in psychiatry * Eating Disorder Inventory * Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale * Eating Disorder Examination Interview * Eating Attitudes Test * SCOFF questionnaire

== References ==

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Category:Eating disorders self-report inventories