Characteristics of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder in a general paediatric inpatient sample.

Hannah SchöffelAndreas HiemischWieland KiessAnja HilbertRicarda Schmidt

Published in: European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association (2020)

The study revealed the importance of considering ARFID within the treatment of children and adolescents with physical diseases, especially for those with underweight. Further research is needed to replicate the findings with interview-based measures and to investigate the direction of effects in ARFID and its physical correlates.

Keyphrases

mental health
physical activity
intensive care unit
emergency department
palliative care
single cell
anorexia nervosa
replacement therapy