Behavioural changes
Behavioural changes
- Preoccupation with food, calories, body shape and weight
- Polarised/dichotomous thinking (including but not limited to thoughts about food, body or exercise)
- Avoidance of food-related social activities
- Restrictive eating e.g. cutting down or cutting out food groups, nutrients, reducing overall energy intake, counting, measuring and weighing food
- Bathroom visits after meals
- Evidence of binge eating (large amounts of food purchased/consumed, evidence of food wrappers hidden in the bin or another location)
- Restriction followed by binge eating
- Secretive behaviour regarding food intake and/or exercise behaviour
- Increasing rigid or inflexibility in situations