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We assessed the risk of eating disorders and ARFID in patients with IBD compared with healthy controls (HC), explored differences by age at diagnosis, and examined associations with malnutrition and disability.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this cross-sectional study, adult patients with confirmed IBD, stratified by pediatric- vs adult-onset, were matched with HC. ARFID risk was assessed using the Nine-Item ARFID Screen (NIAS-9) and eating disorders risk with the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26). Nutritional status was evaluated with the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) and disability with the IBD-Disk and modified IBD-Disk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 706 participants completed questionnaires (355 IBD, 351 HC). Eating disorder risk did not differ between groups (11.3% vs 10.8%, P\u2009=\u2009.91). ARFID risk was higher in IBD (13.5% vs 5.7%, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001), with more fear-driven eating (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and lower picky eating (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and appetite scores (P\u2009=\u2009.033). ARFID risk did not differ by age at onset (P\u2009=\u2009.39). Independent associated factors included active disease (odds ratio [OR] 2.34, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.10-5.01), malnutrition (OR 2.31, 95% CI 1.04-5.13), dietary changes (OR 4.32, 95% CI 1.92-9.74), and eating disorder risk (OR 7.47, 95% CI 2.95-18.90). Even in remission, ARFID risk remained elevated compared to HC (10.1% vs 5.7%, P\u2009=\u2009.03).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>ARFID risk in IBD is nearly twice that of HC and strongly associated with disease activity, malnutrition, and disability, supporting the importance of ARFID screening in routine IBD care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ecco-jcc\/jjag033","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,20]],"date-time":"2026-02-20T12:37:43Z","timestamp":1771591063000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Risk of avoidant\/restrictive food intake disorders in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a matched cross-sectional case-control study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9554-4785","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Olga 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