ARFID, which stands for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, may be confused initially with picky eating. However, it is actually an eating disorder in which a person avoids or restricts eating ...

Avoiding certain foods and restricted eating are the hallmarks of the condition, which, although is sometimes confused with other types of eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, is unique in its ...

When Hannah was 7 years old, she told her parents she didn’t want to be afraid of food anymore. She had stopped wanting to go to Girl Scouts, birthday parties, restaurants, family celebrations and ...

Of the list of eating disorders, ARFID might not be one that you recognize – but it can be just as dangerous as the better-known conditions. ARFID, or Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, is ...

There are currently six eating disorders recognized in the DSM-5: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, pica, rumination disorder, and avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder.