Medical Comorbidities, Nutritional Markers, and Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Youth With ARFID.
Helen Burton MurrayAluma Chovel SellaJulia E GydusMicaela AtkinsLilian P PalmerMegan C KuhnleKendra R BeckerLauren E BreithauptKathryn S BrighamAnna AulinasKyle StallerKamryn T EddyMadhusmita MisraNadia MicaliJennifer Joanne ThomasElizabeth A LawsonPublished in: The International journal of eating disorders (2024)
Self-reported gastrointestinal and certain immune comorbidities were common in ARFID, suggestive of possible bidirectional risk/maintenance factors. Elevated cardiovascular risk markers in ARFID may be a consequence of limited dietary variety marked by high carbohydrate and sugar intake.