Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire - operational shell
The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire organises eating-behaviour styles for clinician review. This catalogue entry is an operational shell. It is not a diagnosis and not a public test.
Overview
What is the DEBQ?
DEBQ is used to structure restrained, emotional, and external eating reports. It does not diagnose an eating disorder and does not prescribe a diet.
Development and clinical use
Van Strien and colleagues published DEBQ. Confirm official materials before live use. This Lirena entry is not independently verified for production scoring.
- Catalogue status
- Educational entry
- Production scoring
- Not independently verified
- Mode
- self-report
- Typical use
- Clinician-reviewed intake
- Clinical role
- Eating-behaviour context for clinician review
Administration
A focused client experience
DEBQ is completed as a focused self-report and stored for clinician review. This public page does not collect answers or return a score.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration shows layout only. It does not reproduce DEBQ item wording.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Published scoring conventions may exist in official materials. This public page does not independently verify scoring, cutoffs, or a production scoring rule. Use the official form and scoring instructions for the version you intend to use.
References
- Original DEBQ paperVan Strien T et al. The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) for assessment of restrained, emotional, and external eating behavior. Int J Eat Disord. 1986;5(2):295-315.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the DEBQ
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Does DEBQ diagnose emotional eating as a disorder?
No. It is a behaviour questionnaire for clinician review.
Can I complete DEBQ here?
No. This landing is educational.
Is DEBQ the same as TFEQ?
No. They are different instruments.
Is this entry ready to assign?
Not from this page. Confirm verification first.
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