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eating disorder known as ARFID (avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder) ... avoid food with a certain texture, smell, taste or appearance, or only eat it at
by Kaibeezy 7y ago
eating 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.