If you or someone you love struggles with an extremely limited diet, you have probably wondered whether it is picky eating or something more serious. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, or ARFID, affects children, adolescents, and adults, and it is far more complex than simply being a “picky eater.” Without proper treatment, ARFID can lead to […]

Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, commonly known as ARFID, is a serious eating condition that goes far beyond picky eating. Unlike other eating disorders, ARFID is not driven by body image concerns or a desire to lose weight. Instead, it involves avoidance or restriction of food intake due to sensory sensitivities, fear of negative consequences, […]

If your child consistently refuses meals, gags at the sight of certain foods, or seems anxious at the dinner table, you might have chalked it up to picky eating. But for some children, these behaviors go far deeper, and they have a name: ARFID, or Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. ARFID is a recognized eating disorder […]

For many adults, eating has never felt straightforward. Certain textures or smells might make you tense up before you even take a bite. Maybe you once choked or got sick after eating something unfamiliar, and food hasn’t felt safe since. Or perhaps you rarely feel hungry at all; eating just feels like something you have […]

Coping with change during eating disorder recovery (and, well, always) can be an extremely difficult task. It happens time and time again where our clients are re-telling how they have noticed an intense increase in intrusive thoughts or behaviors. When we get into the nitty gritty of what is going on typically some sort of […]