How to Know If Picky Eating Is a Phase or an Eating Disorder

May 24, 2024

Featuring:
Elizabeth Wassenaar, MS, MD, DFAPA, CEDS-C

Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar is featured in this informative Denver 9News segment which raises awareness about Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID). Here, Dr. Wassenaar shares when "picky eating" in children is more than "just a phase" and could signal they have an eating disorder and outlines signs/symptoms of ARFID; how caregivers can support their children; and where to get help.

Psychiatrist Elizabeth Wassenaar, regional medical director of Eating Recovery Center in Denver, Colorado, talks about picky eating, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and how to treat it.

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