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The challenges of parents of children with extreme picky eating and ARFID

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Parents of children who have extreme picky eating or avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) (sometimes also called selective eating) face many challenges. One of our major roles as parents is to nourish our children. From breast or bottle feeding right through to making sure they are eating well as adolescents and adults, parents are involved …

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Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and Autism in a case-control study

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In the article “Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder and autism spectrum disorder: clinical implications for assessment and management” published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Fadila Farag and others examine clinical and neurodevelopmental presentations of children with ARFID. 536 patients (mean age 6y 10mo; 401 males, 135 females) who were seen by the tertiary multidisciplinary feeding …

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The First Study Conducted on the Relationship Between Sleep and ARFID

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Mahr et al. (2022) conducted the first study investigating sleep disturbances in relation to avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (or ARFID). ARFID is an eating disorder characterized by the restriction of food intake and variety without body or weight concerns. The authors recruited a sample of 71 children and adolescents (ages 7 to 18) with …

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About Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and the ARFID-GEN Research Study

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Written by the ARFID-GEN research study team Do you or your child have extreme picky eating? Researchers at the University of North Carolina Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders are launching the first (and largest) study ever designed to identify genetic and environmental predictors of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID. We are inviting parents …

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