While working to heal your relationship with food and body, social eating experiences can feel incredibly difficult to navigate. From added social pressure to uncertainty about food options, there are many factors that can make eating with others feel overwhelming. If you’ve ever felt anxious before a dinner out, avoided events because of food, or […]

Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) affects how people experience food, often limiting them to a small selection of “safe” foods that feel manageable to eat. If you or someone you care about is navigating ARFID, you already know that expanding food variety isn’t as simple as “just try new things.” The sensory sensitivities, fear of […]

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 […]