Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) or Extreme Fussy Eating

Children with Avoidant and Restrictive Food Intake Disorder are notable especially with other problems such as autism or children who are on the autistic spectrum. Some children just have it as a very specific developmental issues, so they don’t like different textures or tastes in the mouth and gag even when they see food coming towards them.  In these circumstances psychology input and speech and language/feeding therapy input is important in a multi-disciplinary way.   Any ongoing reflux needs to be treated and/or investigated and other causes such as poor coordination of swallowing may require a test called a video-fluoroscopy which is a special x-ray whilst the child swallows