Cibophobia is a general fear or aversion to food, marked by anxiety around eating that goes beyond ordinary pickiness. It can involve fear of a specific quality of food, such as its texture or the possibility of contamination, and in severe cases restricts a person's diet enough to affect nutrition. It is broader than, though related to, the narrower fear of trying new foods.
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Type of Phenomenon Diagnostic ChapterAnxiety or Fear-Related Disorders 2 Sources
1. Cibophobia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia Cibophobia lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)View the Source 2. ICD-11 Browser (WHO)
World Health Organization
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