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Teen left blind and deaf by decade-long diet of sausages, crisps, processed food
- Kaibeezy 7y agoeating disorder known as ARFID (avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder) ... avoid food with a certain texture, smell, taste or appearance, or only eat it at a certain temperature ... damaged his optic nerve ... nutritional optic neuropathy (NON) ... irreversible See also: House, S01E06, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6yd2ui https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6yd2ui
- turk73 7y agoCould have taken vitamins, no? Not everyone will survive and thrive, I guess. Don't know what else to say other than I make my kids eat vegetables and I'm not always nice about it, either.
- slothtrop 7y agoAlso see: excessively permissive bad parenting.
- Kaibeezy 7y agoIt's an actual eating disorder. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28532967 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28532967
- slothtrop 7y agoYes, and it doesn't come from nothing. In the article the mother is quoted as saying the habit started around the time the kid was 7. They effectively let them eat whatever they wanted. That's on them. Disorders are developed, not innate.
- aaron695 7y agoThe proper DOI's don't work yet, I believe it comes out today. The important thing here is if you're part of the true billion poor, and eating rice every day, this is your life. The child here had an unusual disorder that manifested badly, this is very rare in the west. Article from the proper author - https://theconversation.com/how-poor-diet-can-lead-to-blindness-122812 https://theconversation.com/how-poor-diet-can-lead-to-blindn...
- RappingBoomer 7y agoscary story from agricultural industrial complex...all bread in western nations is fortified...chips are potatoes, which are highly nutritious...meat provides lots of essential nutrients...this kid had something else wrong with him, or else this story is fabricated