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

Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.26498
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).
Discussion points include:

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

This is the first episode of a two-part series on ARFID with Dr. Emma Willmott and Dr. Tom Jewell. Episode two can be found here: ‘Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Psychological Interventions and Outcomes’.