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Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Tree Number(s)
F03.400.157
Unique ID
D000080146
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080146
Scope Note
An eating or feeding disturbance (e.g., apparent lack of interest in eating or food; avoidance based on the sensory characteristics of food; concern about aversive consequences of eating) as manifested by persistent failure to meet appropriate nutritional and/or energy needs associated with one (or more) of the following: significant weight loss (or failure to achieve expected weight gain or faltering growth in children); significant nutritional deficiency; dependence on enteral feeding or oral nutritional supplements; or marked interference with psychosocial functioning. (from DSM-V)
Entry Term(s)
ARFID
Food Neophobia
Public MeSH Note
2020
History Note
2020
Date Established
2020/01/01
Date of Entry
2019/07/08
Revision Date
2021/03/05
Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Preferred
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