Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating or feeding disturbance defined by a pattern of eating that Is limited in variety and/or volume and associated with important medical and psychosocial consequences including:
- Significant weight loss or growth fall off (falling off of a natural growth curve)
- Nutritional deficiencies
- Dependence on tube feeding or reliance on energy dense supplements
- Psychosocial impairment such as increased anxiety or OCD bxs