It's the Brian Laira show on WNYC.

Good morning again, everyone.

Later in the hour, we're going to talk to two of the principals involved in the reopening

of the Delacourt Theater, the return of Shakespeare in the park this week to Central

Park. But first, a new article in The Cut from New York Magazine is headline, The Monster at

the dinner table. And it explores this condition with the case study of a girl named

Amelia.

Amelia saw a character choking on TV and became convinced and terrified that it would happen to her too.

And her case is so bad that not only did she refuse to eat foods as hard to choke on as yogurt,

and sorry if this is a little gross, but this is how intense

it can get. She would actually spit out her own saliva as she produced it. The monster at the

dinner table in the headline is a condition called Arford. And joining us to explain more,

Caitlin Muscatelho, contributing writer at New York

magazine, who wrote that article in the cut. And also with us is Dr. William Sharp,

director of the multidisciplinary feeding program at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta.

He's also an associate professor in the division of autism and related disorders,

and the division of pediatric gastro Related Disorders and the Division of Pediatric,

gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition in the Pediatrics Department at Emory University's School

of Medicine. So the very credential, Dr. Sharp, and Caitlin Muscatello from New York Magazine,

welcome to WNYC. Thank you for coming on for this.

Thank you for having us. Yes, thanks for the invitation.

Dr. Sharp, can you break down for us in clinical terms? What is ARFID? What do those initials stand

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