Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Symptoms Are Not as Frequent as Other Eating Disorder Symptoms When Ulcerative Colitis Is in Remission

Recent studies have shown that up to 53% of patients with inflammatory bowel disease IBD screen positive for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder ARFID. There is however concern that ARFID screening rates are over-inflated in patients with active disease. We aimed to evaluate the frequency and characteristics of ARFID symptoms using the Nine Item ARFID Screen NIAS, and to use another eating disorder measure, the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire 8 EDE-Q8, to rule-out/characterise other eating disorder cognitive and behavioural symptoms.