7 Question Quiz For Assessing Your Relationship with Food
Your relationship with food is shaped by many things. From your lived experiences, the messages you’ve received over time, your environment, and your capacity. For many people, it’s not always straightforward or easy, and it can change over time.
This food relationship quiz below is not meant to diagnose or label. Instead, it’s an invitation to pause, reflect, and get curious about how food currently shows up in your life.
Food Relationship Quiz
Answer these quick 7 questions as part of our food relationship quiz.Give yourself permission to use these questions to get curious about your relationship with food.
1. Do thoughts about food dominate your day?
2. Do you experience feelings of anxiety, shame or guilt with food?
3. Do you feel like you have to “earn” certain foods through movement/exercise?
4. Do you ever miss out on restaurants, holidays or events due to the food?
5. Do you make food choices based on foods you enjoy?
6. Do you restrict food in fear of gaining weight?
7. Do you feel like there are foods acceptable for other people to eat, and not yourself?
Understanding Your Results
If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, it may indicate that your relationship with food could use more support, care, and compassion.
If you answered “yes” to several questions, you may be experiencing a more strained or stressful relationship with food.
This can show up as:
Frequent food-related guilt or anxiety
Rigid food rules
Avoidance of social situations
Feeling out of control or disconnected around eating
A healthy relationship with food doesn’t mean eating perfectly. It means having flexibility, trust, and a sense of ease with food over time. If you’re interested in getting further assessment and guidance, you can learn more about other support we offer here.
What Does a Healthy Relationship with Food Look Like?
A healthy relationship with food is not about perfection. It allows ebbs and flows, flexibility and balance.
Over time, it may look like:
Eating regularly and consistently
Choosing foods based on both enjoyment and nourishment
Letting go of rigid food rules
Feeling more neutral or at ease around food
Being able to participate in social experiences without stress
Looking for Support?
If this food freedom quiz brought up anything for you, that’s important information that's not something to ignore.
At The Nourish Collective, we support folks in building a more peaceful, sustainable relationship with food through weight-inclusive, trauma-informed nutrition care.
Learn more about our 1:1 nutrition support and online courses now.
