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Case series: gaming vs. eating—comorbidity of ARFID and IGD

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This case series includes innovative information regarding the relationship between Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder and the recently formulated diagnosis of Internet Gaming Disorder. The series illustrates two clinical cases in which both disorders were simultaneously recognized during diagnosis and treatment. Both disorders were utilized by patients as maladaptive coping strategies in efforts to avoid emotional distress and are potential risk factors that interfere with physical and mental health functioning. This case series highlights the unique relationship between these disorders and the compounding contribution of these two risk factors to poor physical and mental health outcomes, which is a unique contribution to the eating disorder literature.

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  1. Section of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

    Ashley N. Hadwiger, Amy B. Middleman & Paulette D. Pitt

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ANH contributed to conception and design, acquisition, analysis, and interpretation, drafted and critically revised the manuscript, gave final approval of the manuscript, and agrees to be accountable for aspects of the work ensuring integrity and accuracy. ABM and PDP contributed to the conception and design, analysis and interpretation, critically revised the manuscript, gave final approval of the manuscript, and agree to be accountable for the aspects of the work ensuring integrity and accuracy.

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Correspondence to Paulette D. Pitt.

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Hadwiger, A.N., Middleman, A.B. & Pitt, P.D. Case series: gaming vs. eating—comorbidity of ARFID and IGD. Eat Weight Disord 24, 959–962 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00639-2

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