Background Social validity in the field of applied behaviour analysis is the measurement of
the social significance of goals, the social appropriateness of procedures, and the social …

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) was introduced in the fifth edition of the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Unlike anorexia nervosa …

Importance Avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is characterized by an
extremely limited range and/or amount of food eaten, resulting in the persistent failure to …

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 …

Objective Expert consensus increasingly recognizes intensive multidisciplinary intervention
(IMI) as the standard of care to address chronic and severe feeding problems in pediatric …

Background An overrepresentation of neurodevelopmental problems (NDPs) has been
observed in individuals with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Previous …

ARFID and PFD not only share areas of overlap, but also differ, likely based on the origins of
each framework. Ultimately, both frameworks describe dysfunctional feeding and require …

Enteral nutrition (EN) allows adequate nutritional intake in children for whom oral intake is
impossible, insufficient or unsafe. With maturation and health improvements, most children …

Children diagnosed with pediatric feeding disorder (PFD) or avoidant/restrictive food intake
disorder (ARFID) may present with comorbid oral-motor delays that often contribute to their …

This article presents an agenda to improve the care and wellbeing of children with paediatric
feeding disorder who require tube feeding (PFD‐T). PFD‐T requires urgent attention in …