It is a questionnaire composed of twenty items which yields four different factors that evaluate the internal view of the patient's own body.
The BAT is used to evaluate self-reported outlooks women with eating disorders have pre-, during, and post-treatment.
It has been proven to highlight the psychological changes experienced throughout the rehabilitation process and is a useful way to gauge adherence and success of treatment.
Michel Probst and colleagues began creating the BAT in 1984 and eventually published this questionnaire in 1995, with the goal of finding a new tool to evaluate how women with eating disorders view their own body.
To ensure the validity of this test, Probst and colleagues compared the results of the BAT to other tools already in use to evaluate women with eating disorders.