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Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and other childhood eating problems in Sweden and Japan: Cross-cultural population studies of prevalence, neurodevelopmental comorbidity and course

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18KK0263
Research Category

Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 58:Society medicine, nursing, and related fields
Research InstitutionKochi University

Principal Investigator

Fujieda Mikiya  高知大学, 教育研究部医療学系臨床医学部門, 教授 (60209020)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 須賀 楓介  高知大学, 医学部, 特任助教 (20527593)
滿田 直美  高知大学, 医学部, 特任助教 (30611389)
安光ラヴェル 香保子  高知大学, 医学部, 特任助教 (60598522)
Muchanga Sifa・Marie・Joelle  国立研究開発法人国立国際医療研究センター, その他部局等, 特任研究員 (80830702)
小松 静香  高知大学, 医学部, 特任助教 (50886413)
Project Period (FY) 2018-10-09 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥7,670,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,770,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
KeywordsARFID / 回避・制限性食物摂取症 / 幼児期 / 摂食問題 / 精神神経発達障害 / Child neurodevelopment / 日本 / Sweden / 幼少期 / スウェーデン / 摂食障害
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed the first parent-reported screening questionnaire for ARFID and used it to conduct the to date largest screening studies of ARFID in children up to 7 years. We screened ~3,700 Japanese children aged 4-7 years and 670 Swedish children aged 2-4 years. The prevalence of potential ARFID was 4.6% among the Swedish children and 1.3% among the slightly older Japanese children. Our data support strongly that the questionnaire is a good measure for ARFID. Children with significant neurodevelopmental problems before age 3 had a three times increased risk of later ARFID. Our results also suggested that early neurodevelopmental problems might aid in the early detection of ARFID as they were better predictors than early feeding problems. Based on our results we have improved the questionnaire. It is currently being used in several epidemiological and clinical studies and may be used as a routine screening tool in child health care to enhance the early detection of ARFID.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

Our results show that ARFID is not rare among children. We provide an effective questionnaire which may be used as a routine screening tool in child health care to enhance the early detection of ARFID. Screening for early neurodevelopmental problems might additionally aid in detecting ARFID.

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2022 2020 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Gothenburg(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Early neurodevelopmental problems and risk for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in 4-7-year-old children: A Japanese birth cohort study2022

    • Author(s)
      Lisa Dinkler, Kahoko Yasumitsu-Lovell, Masamitsu Eitoku, Mikiya Fujieda, Narufumi Suganuma, Yuhei Hatakenaka, Nouchine Hadjikhani, Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Maria Rastam, Christopher Gillberg
    • Journal Title

      JCPP Advances

      Volume: 2 Issue: 3

    • DOI

      10.1002/jcv2.12094

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Development of a parent-reported screening tool for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID): Initial validation and prevalence in 4-7-year-old Japanese children2022

    • Author(s)
      Dinkler Lisa、Yasumitsu-Lovell Kahoko、Eitoku Masamitsu、Fujieda Mikiya、Suganuma Narufumi、Hatakenaka Yuhei、Hadjikhani Nouchine、Bryant-Waugh Rachel、R?stam Maria、Gillberg Christopher
    • Journal Title

      Appetite

      Volume: 168 Pages: 105735-105735

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.appet.2021.105735

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The prevalence of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in Japanese children: an adjunct study of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study using a new parent-reported screening tool2020

    • Author(s)
      Lisa Dinkler
    • Organizer
      XXVIth Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorders Research Society
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] エコチル調査の成果発表一覧

    • URL

      https://www.env.go.jp/chemi/ceh/results/publications.html

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2018-10-12   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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