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ARFID: Because Middle School Isn’t Hard Enough Already

Everyone knows a picky eater—maybe even an extremely picky eater—but few are familiar with the term ARFID, even as it gains recognition in the medical and psychiatric communities. The picky eater I knew was my own nephew, now a twenty-five-year-old…

What Exactly is ARFID?

When my daughter was a toddler, she was what we considered a “picky eater.” As she got older and her picky eating habits got more severe, we began to seriously worry. She didn’t just clamp her mouth shut or shake her head “no” when…

Not Always As It Appears: Living with ARFID

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I was first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa when I was 12 years old. It was 1996, and I had never heard of the term in my life, as eating disorders were not discussed anywhere near as often as they are now, and it was before the explosion of…

It’s Time to Talk About ARFID

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Our family has a son with an eating disorder. He’s had it since the age of three, and his condition has not really changed. We found out by accident that he had a food allergy to peanuts (and tree nuts), which happened even earlier than the…

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