Incidence and Age-and Sex-Specific Differences in the Clinical Presentation of Children and Adolescents With Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder.
Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is a relative new diagnosis, and as such, little is known about how common it is. This paper uses data from the Canadian Pediatric Surveillance Program survey to confirm a cross-sectional incidence of 2.02 per 100,000 in the general population.
Katzman, D. K., Spettigue, W., Agostino, H., Couturier, J., Dominic, A., Findlay, S. M., … & Norris, M. L. (2021). Incidence and Age-and Sex-Specific Differences in the Clinical Presentation of Children and Adolescents With Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. JAMA pediatrics, e213861-e213861.