ARFID: A New Eating Disorder Classification

Norris and Katzman (2015) describe Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) as one of the most significant changes to the Feeding and Eating Disorders section of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders/DSM-5 (2013).

Those who struggle with ARFID generally declare themselves in childhood with symptoms often persisting into adulthood. Affected individuals restrict the range of their preferred foods, sometimes excluding and refusing entire food groups …