Avoidant & Restrictive Food Intake

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), previously known as feeding disorder, is a type of eating disorder in which people eat only within an extremely narrow repertoire of foods.[1] It is a serious mental health condition that causes the individual to restrict food intake by volume and/or variety.[2] This avoidance may be based on appearance, smell, taste, texture (because of sensory sensitivity), brand, presentation, fear of aversive consequences, lack of interest in food, or a past negative experience with the food, to a point that may lead to nutritional deficiencies, failure to thrive, or other negative health outcomes.[2][3][4] The fixation is not caused by a concern for body appearance or in an attempt to lose weight. [5]

 

Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W020
Diagnosis: Avoidant & Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
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Symptoms: eat only a very narrow menu of foods; cannot change eating habits
Progression: may exclude all fruits or all vegetable; certain certain colors, soft, etc. May still have digestive problems.
Causes:
Medications: relaxation, systematic desensitization and review
Therapies: With adults, may disappear spontaneously; with cognitive behavior therapies.

Yuoutube Video: Living with Avoidant Restrictive

Food Intake Disorder

Amazon or Library Book: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

(Talking Therapy) for Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

Click the book to link or order from Amazon.

Support Group: balancedtx.com, prior sign-up is required. (This group is based in New York City. I don’t know if it includes other areas.)

Contact your local Social Security office for possible Disability Benefits through their Disability Determination Services, Section 12.08.

4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED

The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis 

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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.

  • Factors Impacting the Reduction in Neophobia Prevalence in Phenylketonuria Patients
    by Meda-Ada Bugi on March 28, 2024

    Food neophobia (FN), the fear of sampling new foods, can have a significant impact on children's eating habits. Children with phenylketonuria (PKU), a hereditary condition that inhibits the body's capacity to metabolize phenylalanine, should take this attitude with caution. Patients with PKU must follow a rigorous phenylalanine (Phe)-restricted diet to avoid brain malfunction that can include intellectual disability, seizures, and behavioral difficulties. The novelty of our work stems from the...

  • Pediatric hospital utilization for patients with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder
    by Carly E Milliren on March 26, 2024

    CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that the volume of inpatient admissions for patients with ARFID has increased at pediatric hospitals in the U.S. since ARFID was added to ICD-10. Inpatient stays for ARFID are long and costly and associated with readmissions. It is important to identify effective and efficient treatment strategies for ARFID in the future.

  • Automated detection and recognition system for chewable food items using advanced deep learning models
    by Yogesh Kumar on March 20, 2024

    Identifying and recognizing the food on the basis of its eating sounds is a challenging task, as it plays an important role in avoiding allergic foods, providing dietary preferences to people who are restricted to a particular diet, showcasing its cultural significance, etc. In this research paper, the aim is to design a novel methodology that helps to identify food items by analyzing their eating sounds using various deep learning models. To achieve this objective, a system has been proposed...

  • Stretch your SNAP: Stakeholder perspectives of a novel benefits program to enhance diet quality
    by Danyel I Smith on March 18, 2024

    CONCLUSION: SNAP users were generally receptive to modifications that would pair FV incentives with SSB restrictions, yet strategies to maintain autonomy are needed. Results can inform the design of SNAP + to enhance its potential as strategy to positively shape dietary intake patterns.