Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

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An eating or feeding disturbance (e.g., apparent lack of interest in eating or food; avoidance based on the sensory characteristics of food; concern about aversive consequences of eating) as manifested by persistent failure to meet appropriate nutritional and/or energy needs associated with one (or more) of the following: significant weight loss (or failure to achieve expected weight gain or faltering growth in children); significant nutritional deficiency; dependence on enteral feeding or oral nutritional supplements; or marked interference with psychosocial functioning. (from DSM-V)

Synonyms: Neophobias, Food, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, Food Neophobia, Food Neophobias, ARFID, Neophobia, Food

Instance information

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2020

identifier

D000080146