ARFID

American  

[ahr-fid] / ˈɑr fɪd /

abbreviation

1. Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, a disorder involving the avoidance of certain foods, a generally restricted or limited diet, or both, resulting in clinically significant nutritional, medical, or psychosocial impairment.

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Example Sentences

As a psychologist specializing in eating disorders, and with particular experience working with patients with ARFID, I see it all the time: Patients are diagnosed with and treated for anorexia, when, in reality, the treatment they need looks much different.

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For people with ARFID, food aversion—not body image distress—is at the core of their disorder.

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“ARFID in its truest form goes beyond picky eating,” says Rebecka Peebles, vice president of adolescent medicine for Monte Nido, a national eating disorder treatment organization, where I work as well.

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For individuals with ARFID, certain foods don’t just look unappetizing—they can feel like an actual threat.

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Rebecca Scritchfield, a registered dietitian and author of Body Kindness, describes this dynamic: “For someone with ARFID, a plate of plain spaghetti might feel like a plate of snakes. If someone put snakes in front of me, I’d be afraid too. I wouldn’t eat it.”

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