ArticleThe International journal of eating disorders2020
Medical comorbidities and endocrine dysfunction in low-weight females with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder compared to anorexia nervosa and healthy controls.
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- Physical health complications in children and young people with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID): a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative Properties of Two Self-Report Measures of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: Psychometric and Clinical Utility.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Characteristics of menstrual irregularities across eating disorder subtypes in postmenarcheal adolescents.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Article
- "We might be making mistakes, but we're learning, we're trying, and we're listening": embedding qualitative methods within the plan-do-study-act cycle to support the development of a pilot multidisciplinary ARFID pathway.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Differential Impact of Cholecystokinin and Ghrelin on 2-Year Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Symptoms.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2026Article
- Clinical profiles of ARFID compared with anorexia and bulimia in young people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Serum Leptin in Youth and Young Adults With Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Across the Weight Spectrum.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Longer duration of amenorrhea is associated with lower delay discounting and less hedonic eating in girls and young women with low-weight eating disorders.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Mediating effect of food disgust between depression/anxiety and avoidant restrictive eating.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions in 600 Swedish children with the avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder phenotype.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2025Article
- Advancing the Science of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Six Key Questions.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
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- Mental and Somatic Conditions in Children With the Broad Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Phenotype.JAMA pediatrics · 2025Article
- A US-Based Consensus on Diagnostic Overlap and Distinction for Pediatric Feeding Disorder and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- The "Burden" of Childhood Obesity on Bone Health: A Look at Prevention and Treatment.Nutrients · 2025Review
- A Role for the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A New Conceptual Model.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Review
- Difficulties in Emotion Regulation in Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Medical Comorbidities, Nutritional Markers, and Cardiovascular Risk Markers in Youth With ARFID.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Lifetime and current mental health based on avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder history versus other eating disorder history in the Healthy Minds Study.The International journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Trajectory of ghrelin and PYY around a test meal in males and females with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder versus healthy controls.Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo improve our understanding of medical complications and endocrine alterations in patients with low-weight avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) and how they may differ from those in anorexia nervosa (AN) and healthy controls (HC).
methodWe performed an exploratory cross-sectional study comparing low-weight females with ARFID (n = 20) with females with AN (n = 42) and HC (n = 49) with no history of an eating disorder.
resultsWe found substantial overlap in medical comorbidities and endocrine features in ARFID and AN, but with earlier onset of aberrant eating behaviors in ARFID. We also observed distinct medical and endocrine alterations in ARFID compared to AN, such as a greater prevalence of asthma, a lower number of menses missed in the preceding 9 months, higher total T3 levels, and lower total T4 : total T3 ratio; these differences persisted after adjusting for age and might reflect differences in pathophysiology, acuity of weight fluctuations, and/or nutritional composition of food consumed.
conclusionThese results highlight the need for prompt diagnosis and intensive therapeutic intervention from disease onset in ARFID.
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