Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Prevalence and Implications

Duration: 20 mins Publication Date: 28 Feb 2024 Next Review Date: 28 Feb 2027 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.26498

Description

In this In Conversation podcast, we are joined by Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell, from the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College London, to discuss Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). This is the first episode of a two-part series on ARFID with Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell. Episode Two explores ‘Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Psychological Interventions and Outcomes’.

Learning Objectives

1. An overview of ARFID and what underlies the dietary restriction in ARFID.
2. Similarities and differences in how ARFID may present and people’s experiences of ARFID.
3. Prevalence of ARFID and how it differs from Anorexia Nervosa.
4. Difference between ARFID and picky or fussy eating.
5. The co-morbidity between Autism and ARFID.

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