8-year-old influencer bringing awareness to rare eating disorder

The young Instagram influencer star is shining a light on her rare avoidant restrictive food intake disorder and sharing her personal struggle to help others.

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[jcejhowes]

My son is now almost 19 has had trouble since he was about 2 years old. He is very picky and extremely scared to eat foods he’s never had before. To this day he struggles.

[DJthehuman]

thank you for helping raise awareness about ARFID

[randomgamer]

using a child to make money
that's the real story I see here

[davemathews]

An 8 year old internet "influencer?" Our country is doomed...

[kaladwarakanath]

An eight year old active on social media? Jeez!

[allosch]

I have food avoidance issues due to OCD and it's awful.

[stevinharper]

She should be proud of herself. I never heard of this issue before.

[lisastensgard]

Stop exploiting your child for profit - straight up child abuse. She will probably detest you later in life. Prayers for her.

[danielgaddis]

I had a very unusual mother.. she never ever made me eat anything I didn't like...

[yinlingchenwang]

Very brave this girl is so perseverance ❤❤❤❤

[monamimsy]

poor kid needs to focus on herself and recover in peace. Stop plastering your kid's problems all over the internet. Maybe in 10 years she might not want her former eating disorder just a google search away.

[brailrice]

Barf-it? What a horrible name for an eating disorder.

[Princessplays-j]

This is me i only eay fries that's it😢

[S.A.M.Gabriel]

STOP USING LITTLE KIDS to try to make your point 😠👎😠👎 this ploy of trying to pull at the heart of emotionalism and people to get something done is embarrassing All you need to do is give the FACTS, give the NUMBERS, give the INFORMATION and let people make decisions. Don't use smoke glass and mirrors 😠👎😠👎

[mattd]

B.s she likes everything but healthy. I watch her IG. If it aint sweet or sugary she dont like it. I always bet and win on it

[gracehall]

Mac and cheese and yogurt isn’t good anyway. It’s full of Estrogen. Try whole food plant based. Give her some nut butters, avocados, nut milk.