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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in Adults

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The avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a newly recognized category belonging to the feeding and eating disorder (FED) diagnosis in a lifespan approach adopted by DSM-5. ARFID describes patients who avoid or are disinterested in food for a variety of reasons, but not due to a wish to lose weight or to body image disturbance, that result in functional impairments (also in social life), nutritional deficiencies, and/or weight loss, as well as medical complications of malnutrition. Since its recent definition, studies on the prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and outcome are lacking, above all in adult populations. In this chapter, we summarize the literature available at present on ARFID in adulthood.

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Todisco, P. (2022). Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in Adults. In: Manzato, E., Cuzzolaro, M., Donini, L.M. (eds) Hidden and Lesser-known Disordered Eating Behaviors in Medical and Psychiatric Conditions . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81174-7_10

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