ArticleJournal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines2025
Neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions in 600 Swedish children with the avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder phenotype.
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- Pica, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and rumination disorder in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review.Journal of eating disorders · 2026Review
- Associations Between Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Dimensions and Obsessive-Compulsive Symptomatology.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2026Article
- Shared genetic and environmental influences between the broad avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder phenotype and neurodevelopmental traits: a twin study.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Independent and Interactive Associations of Encopresis and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Children on Emotional-Behavioral Symptoms, Executive Functioning, and Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake-Related Symptoms.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- Co-Occurrence of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Prevalence, Characteristics, and Genetic Architecture of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Phenotypes.JAMA pediatrics · 2026Article
- "It's about survival, love and care"-parents' experiences of living with a child with ARFID: a Swedish interview study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Response to: The use of atypical antipsychotic medications in the treatment of children and adolescents with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder by Mosheva et al.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in Swedish preschool children: a screening study.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Mental and Somatic Conditions in Children With the Broad Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Phenotype.JAMA pediatrics · 2025Article
- Nutritional Factors and Therapeutic Interventions in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Neuroimaging insights into brain mechanisms of early-onset restrictive eating disorders.Nature. Mental health · 2025Article
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backgroundAvoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a feeding and eating disorder characterized by extremely restricted dietary variety and/or quantity resulting in serious consequences for physical health and psychosocial functioning. ARFID often co-occurs with neurodevelopmental conditions (NDCs) and psychiatric conditions, but previous data are mostly limited to small clinical samples examining a narrow range of conditions. Here, we examined NDCs and psychiatric conditions in a large, population-based group of children with ARFID.
methodsIn 30,795 children born 1992-2008 in Sweden, ARFID was assessed using parent reports and clinical diagnoses from national health registers. Parents further reported symptoms of NDCs and psychiatric conditions at child age 9 or 12 years. Validated cutoffs were applied to the resulting symptoms scores to identify above-threshold conditions. We then examined whether ARFID was associated with higher symptom scores (19 outcomes) and higher likelihood of above-threshold conditions (15 outcomes) using linear and logistic regressions.
resultsMost prevalent in children with ARFID were separation anxiety (29.0%), oppositional defiant disorder (19.4%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, 16.9%), panic disorder (15.3%), and tic disorders (14.8%). For all measured co-occurring conditions, ARFID was associated with significantly higher symptom scores (standardized beta range: 0.6-1.5) and higher odds of above-threshold conditions (odds ratio [OR] range: 3.3-13.7). The conditions with the highest increase in odds were autism (OR = 13.7) and ADHD (OR = 9.4). We did not find any sex-specific differences in co-occurring conditions.
conclusionsThis study highlights the co-occurrence of a broad range of NDCs and psychiatric conditions with ARFID in a large, non-clinical cohort. Our findings underscore that children with ARFID face significant burden from multiple co-existing conditions which should be considered during assessment and treatment.
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