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For information about eating disorder services in Ontario, you can reach out to the National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC) Helpline: 1-866-NEDIC-20 (toll-free) or 416-340-4156 (Toronto), or visit their website at www.nedic.ca. You can also get information specifically about publicly-funded services in Ontario from ConnexOntario. Contact them at 1-866-531-2600 (toll-free) or visit their website at www.connexontario.ca

Tools for Practice

ODES-Y: Ottawa Disordered Eating Screening for Youth

The ODES-Y is a non-diagnostic screening tool that can be used to identify potential eating concerns.

Permitted use:

The ODES-Y tool is free to use, provided that appropriate citation is included in all applications and publications. The contents of both the English and French versions, including the statements, items or scoring, cannot be altered, adapted or modified. To preserve validity and accuracy of the instrument, if you are interested in translating this tool, please seek permission from the authors. Please note, the ODES-Y is a self-report screening tool and does not replace clinical judgement. 

© 2019 Obeid, N et al. All rights reserved. Obeid, N., Norris, M.L., Buchholz, A., Hadjiyannakis, S., Spettigue, W., Flament, M., Henderson, K.A., Goldfield, G. (2019). Development of the Ottawa Disordered Eating Screen for Youth: The ODES-Y. Journal of Pediatrics, 219, 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.08.018 

 

Download Versions of the ODES-Y here:

 

ODES- Y English ODES-Y French ODES-Y Bilingual

The ODES-Y is a short, youth-friendly tool for early identification of disordered eating that can be used in clinical settings, primary care, child and youth mental health settings, youth service organizations, surveillance and research. 

The ODES-Y was built using a combination of cognitive interviewing methods and consultation with expert clinicians and epidemiologists in eating disorders, obesity, and child and youth mental health, to allow for usage of the tool in varying real-world contexts.

If you are interested in learning more, we invite you to read the paper on the ODES-Y to learn more about the development and validation of the tool.

If you have questions on how to use the ODES-Y in your setting, please contact the FREEDcan team at freedcan@freedcan.ca. 

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