A new and innovative diagnostic tool designed to help pediatricians identify and rate the severity of eating disorder symptoms in children and adolescents has been pioneered by the Kartini Clinic for Disordered Eating, in Portland, Oregon, the Pacific NW's leading pediatric eating disorder practice. The diagnostic interview is used by pediatricians at Kartini Clinic as part of the admission process, to make more timely and accurate diagnoses of eating disorders in children.