ARFID Elevates Risk for ADHD, Autism in Youth: New Study

ARFID Elevates Risk for ADHD, Autism in Youth: New Study

March 20, 2025 Children and adolescents with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) are more likely to have comorbid neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disorders like autism, ADHD, and anxiety, according to a new study1 published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Among the 30,795 children included in the large-scale study, those with ARFID (n=616) were 14 times more likely to have autism and nine times more likely to …