Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

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)

Year introduced: 2020

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Tree Number(s): F03.400.157

MeSH Unique ID: D000080146

Entry Terms:

• Food Neophobia
• Food Neophobias
• Neophobia, Food
• ARFID

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Psychiatry and Psychology Category
Mental Disorders
Feeding and Eating Disorders
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder