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

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

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2025

"There is no standard of care, there are no guidelines for GPs to work from, so of course many of them have no knowledge of ARFID," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021

Michelle's four-year-old daughter Ava, who also has ARFID, will only eat Walkers oven baked sea salt-flavour crisps and a few other foods.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021

That’s because he’s already shown that he doesn’t have the condition I think your husband has, which is known as ARFID, avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder.

From Slate • May 10, 2021

I learned about this disorder from Virginia Sole-Smith’s great book The Eating Instinct, by the way, which has a whole chapter of interviews with people who have ARFID, many of whom have kids.

From Slate • May 10, 2021