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title: Bulimia Investigatory Test Edinburgh (BITE)
description: "The BITE is a questionnaire which, as its name suggests, is designed to measure typical psychological and behavioural aspects of bulimia and related problems. #### Details The original paper about the measure is Henderson, M., & Freeman, C. P. L.…"
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# Bulimia Investigatory Test Edinburgh (BITE)

The BITE is a questionnaire which, as its name suggests, is designed to measure typical psychological and behavioural aspects of bulimia and related problems.

#### Details

The original paper about the measure is Henderson, M., & Freeman, C. P. L. (1987). A self-rating scale for Bulimia, the ‘BITE’. *British Journal of Psychiatry*, *150*(1), 18–24. [https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.150.1.18](https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.150.1.18). The measure is unusual in having two rather separate scales: a severity scale based on the frequency of behaviours and a symptom scale which is more a mix of behavioural and psychological items.

#### Chapters

Chapter 4.