Table 1.

Diagnostic criteria for ARFID according to DSM V [1].

A. An eating or feeding disorder (e.g., an apparent lack of interest in food or eating; avoidance of foods because of their sensory characteristics; concern about the consequence of eating), which manifests as an inability to get adequate nutrients and/or energy into the body with food and links to at least one of the following:   1. Significant weight loss (or lack of expected weight gain or growth in children);   2. Significant nutritional deficiencies;   3. Dependence on enteral feeding or oral food supplements;   4. Disturbances in psychosocial functioning.

B. The disorder cannot be explained by lack of food availability or cultural and religious reasons/practices.

C. This disorder does not occur exclusively in the course of anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa and is not the result of abnormalities in the experience of body weight and shape.

D. This disorder cannot be explained by the current state of health or other co-occurring mental disorders.

ARFID: Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. DSM V: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th ed.