Welfare Wednesday

Welcome to May 🌻 This month we are focusing on the different types of eating disorders and body image…

Eating disorders are often invisible. They are mental illnesses, they don’t look a certain way and you do not have to be underweight to have an eating disorder. 

So let’s look at ARFID: Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

This involves a person avoiding certain foods or certain types of foods, as with any eating disorder it is very complex and there are lots of things that can cause ARFID

🔸Being sensitive to food tastes, textures or smells 

🔸A distressing or painful experience with food 

🔸 Anxiety around the consequences of eating food 

🔸 Not recognising when they’re hungry, or just not being interested in eating 

🔸 Much much more. 

If you think you or someone you know might have ARFID there is help available though your GP, Mind or Beat eating disorders 📞

The Welfare Team 💜