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Clinical Updates

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID)

Zayda Cedaleaf, PA-C, discusses Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) on episode 24 of Clinical Updates. ARFID is defined as an eating or feeding disturbance based on the sensory characteristics of food or concern about adverse consequences (choking, vomiting, etc.) of eating which results in persistent failure to meet appropriate nutritional needs. ARFID is associated with one or more of the following: significant weight loss, significant nutritional deficiency (inadequate intake, lab abnormality, etc.), dependence on enteral feeding or oral nutritional supplements, marked interference with psycho-social functioning.

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ARFID does not occur with anorexia or bulimia nervosa and there is no drive for thinness or overvaluation of body shape/size.

Zayda Cedarleaf, PA-C

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Objectives

Zayda Cedarleaf, shares a CME-style Clinical Update of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). At the conclusion of this presentation, participants should:

  1. Have an understanding of what ARFID is.

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