This disorder is called Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), a condition characterised by an aversion to eating that can be triggered by anxiety or specific sensory characteristics ...

A NURSE has survived on potatoes for the last 20 years due to a rare eating disorder. Jodie Shaw, 29, has been living on a ...

ARFID is categorized by extreme selective eating, in which a child avoids eating certain foods, leading to developmental ...

Sometimes kids don't want to eat certain things, and that's normal. But if your child is very picky, it might be a sign of a real eating problem called ARFID (avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder ...

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been left blind because he would only eat burgers and doughnuts. The unnamed child who lived in the US ...

Bella, now 16, had a little-known but potentially dangerous eating disorder called avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, known as ARFID. Sufferers, who can be adults as well as youngsters ...

Eating disorders exist in people of all nationalities, in all countries and affect people of all age groups, genders, races and sexual orientations.  You can’t always tell by someone’s appearance if ...

A 12-YEAR-OLD boy has been left blind because he would only eat burgers and doughnuts. The unnamed child who lived in the US had autism and struggled to eat many foods as he didn't like the texture.