Answering Some Frequently Asked Questions About ARFID

Although there is no single cause of any eating disorder, most include distorted body image as a causative factor. Body dysmorphia is a common cause of well-known eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. However, another less-known disorder is gaining more public knowledge, and unlike those others, it doesn’t list body

What Is ARFID? ARFID (also known asavoidant/restrictive food intake disorder), is a mental health illness recently included in the DSM-V in which a person will compulsively avoid eating certain types of food or entire food groups. In severe cases, they are not able to eat enough to meet their body’s energy and nutritional needs. Unlike