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When Is Patient Behavior Indicative of Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) Vs Reasonable Response to Digestive Disease?

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Abstract
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Dietary modification is common in patients with digestive diseases to improve symptoms; however, food avoidance can become problematic. Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is characterized as failure to meet one's nutritional needs owing to sensory hypersensitivity, lack of interest in eating, or fear of aversive consequences from eating, and is associated with negative medical and psychosocial outcomes. This study characterizes ARFID behaviors in adults with achalasia, celiac sprue, eosinophilic esophagitis, and inflammatory bowel disease.

Year of Publication
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2021
Journal
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Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association
Date Published
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2021
ISSN Number
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1542-3565
URL
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https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1542-3565(21)00827-2
DOI
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10.1016/j.cgh.2021.07.045
Short Title
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Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
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