This story has been published on a handful of news sites today, regarding a 17 year old, who has turned blind as a result of poor diet (he would only eat white bread, ham, pringles, chips). I feel for him, he is said to be an extremely fussy eater who struggled to eat anything else.
I hope he can be given help to address the aversion to food textures, and that there is some hope his vision might be restored, but they don't give us any more on that.
I'm posting this to remind us to work on the variety in our diets
Thanks Cooper27. I hate sugar. All my life I have had to eat the right things. Its hard at times, but I am pleased my parents were on the ball . From being 3 in 1966.
They say fussy eating is becoming more prevalent with children. I'm glad your parents worked hard to help you avoid hang-ups around food, and to hate sugar!
Hi Cooper, I saw this and thought how sad and I wish him well. 😊
Thanks, I read about this in the morning, and it was on my mind for quite a bit - there is another article here, that is also interesting - from The Telegraph:
One of my friend’s granddaughters has this problem, even as an adult she struggles with food textures. It’s the kind of problem that is often associated with a great deal of anxiety. ARFID can be a really difficult condition to treat.
This sad story has attracted interest all over the world, especially in the USA, the capital of junk food. I'm so glad that the young man agreed for his doctors to tell his story 'to raise awareness', and so sad for him and his family. If only the doctors had realised sooner what his problem was, but they can't really be blamed. This is one of those conditions that normally only appears in parts of the world where people are starving, so they almost certainly had never seen a similar case before.
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