Parents/guardians of children ages 7–17 and their children
Parents/guardians of children with ARFID who are interested in participating in the study will visit the website (arfidgen.org) and select “Take Our Survey” with the child available. The first step requires the parent/guardian to answer prescreen questions and to consent to the study which includes answering questionnaires and having their child provide a saliva sample for DNA extraction. Parents also have the option to consent to be recontacted for future research. To determine eligibility of the child, parents/guardians then complete a parent report version of the Nine Item ARFID Screen (NIAS-PR) [Children ages 7–13 then complete the ChEDE-Q8 [Flow diagram of ARFID-GEN study