Development of a parent-reported screening tool for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID): Initial validation and prevalence in 4-7-year-old Japanese children

• Published in: Appetite Vol. 168; p. 105735
• Main Authors: Dinkler, Lisa, Yasumitsu-Lovell, Kahoko, Eitoku, Masamitsu, Fujieda, Mikiya, Suganuma, Narufumi, Hatakenaka, Yuhei, Hadjikhani, Nouchine, Bryant-Waugh, Rachel, Råstam, Maria, Gillberg, Christopher
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2022
• Subjects: adhd; adolescents; autism; Avoidant; Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder; behavior; Behavioral Sciences; Birth Cohort; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical Medicine; Eating; eating-disorders; Feeding and Eating Disorders - diagnosis; Feeding and Eating Disorders - epidemiology; Humans; Impairment; Japan - epidemiology; Japan Environment and Children's study; Japan Environment andChildren's study; Klinisk medicin; Medical and Health Sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Nutrition & Dietetics; Nutrition and Dietetics; Näringslära; Parents; Pediatrics; Pediatrik; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; restrictive food intake disorder; Retrospective Studies; Screening; young-children; Japan; Screening; Prevalence; Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder; Japan Environment and Children's study; Impairment

The prevalence of avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in the general child population is still largely unknown and validated screening instruments are lacking. The aims of this study were (1) to investigate the prevalence of children screening positive for ARFID in a Japanese birth coh...