Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire - operational shell
The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire describes eating-behaviour dimensions used in obesity-medicine pathways. This catalogue entry is an operational shell. It is not a diagnosis and not a public test.
Overview
What is the TFEQ?
TFEQ is used to organise cognitive restraint, disinhibition, and hunger-related reporting. It does not diagnose an eating disorder, obesity, or food addiction, and it does not prescribe a diet.
Development and clinical use
Stunkard and Messick published TFEQ. Later revisions exist and must be named separately. 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
TFEQ 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 TFEQ 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 TFEQ paperStunkard AJ, Messick S. The three-factor eating questionnaire to measure dietary restraint, disinhibition and hunger. J Psychosom Res. 1985;29(1):71-83.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the TFEQ
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Does TFEQ diagnose an eating disorder?
No. It is an eating-behaviour questionnaire. Diagnosis remains a clinician task.
Can I complete TFEQ here?
No. This landing is educational catalogue information.
Is this entry ready to assign?
Not from this page. Independent verification evidence must be approved before assignment.
Is TFEQ the same as DEBQ?
No. They are different eating-behaviour instruments.
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