Doctors say diet of fries and chips left teen "fussy eater" blind from malnutrition

[TomSea]

Doctors say diet of fries and chips left teen "fussy eater" blind from malnutrition


An English boy who eats nothing but French fries, potato chips and the occasional piece of ham has been left blind due to the extreme vitamin deficiency in his diet, doctors in Britain said in a report published Tuesday. One of the doctors behind the article in the Annals of Internal Medicine personally treated the "fussy eater" from Bristol over the course of three years, and said he was previously healthy and took no medicines.

"His diet was essentially a portion of chips (fries) from the local fish and chip shop every day," the doctor, Denize Atan, told CBS News partner network BBC News. "He also used to snack on crisps (chips) — Pringles — and sometimes slices of white bread and occasional slices of ham, and not really any fruit and vegetables."

Atan said she first treated the boy at the age of 14, when he came in complaining of chronic tiredness. She diagnosed him with anemia and a deficiency in vitamin B12, along with copper, selenium and vitamin D. Atan gave the boy B12 injections and told him he'd have to start eating a more varied diet.

Read more at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/british-teenager-went-blind-from-eating-only-fries-and-chips-doctors-say-warning-over-junk-food-caused-malnutrition/

[Applewood]

It's a believable story.  I personally know a few women who have tried some fad diet that eliminates certain foods and ended up with nutritional-deficiency illnesses. 

I guess the parents were permissive -- let him eat what he wanted or not eat those things he didn't like.  When I was a kid, Mom insisted we eat our vegetables and "cleaned our plate" before we could have any desserts or snacks.  This was typical of parents back in the '50s.  Maybe parents don't do that now. 

[Wingnut]

After years of Chips and fries...I think it would be safe to say he was very obese.

[EdJames]

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[Wingnut]

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[dfwgator]

It's a believable story.  I personally know a few women who have tried some fad diet that eliminates certain foods and ended up with nutritional-deficiency illnesses. 

I guess the parents were permissive -- let him eat what he wanted or not eat those things he didn't like.  When I was a kid, Mom insisted we eat our vegetables and "cleaned our plate" before we could have any desserts or snacks.  This was typical of parents back in the '50s.  Maybe parents don't do that now.

"If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding.  How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?"

[PeteS in CA]

It's a believable story.  I personally know a few women who have tried some fad diet that eliminates certain foods and ended up with nutritional-deficiency illnesses. 

I guess the parents were permissive -- let him eat what he wanted or not eat those things he didn't like.  When I was a kid, Mom insisted we eat our vegetables and "cleaned our plate" before we could have any desserts or snacks.  This was typical of parents back in the '50s.  Maybe parents don't do that now.

Your story reminds me of gagging down cauliflower and Brussels sprouts (both plain-boiled, served with a dollop of mayo).

Going blind due to vitamin A deficiency? Who could have foreseen that?! Even sweet potato "chips" (= fries) might've prevented that kid's blindness.

[Applewood]

Your story reminds me of gagging down cauliflower and Brussels sprouts (both plain-boiled, served with a dollop of mayo).

Going blind due to vitamin A deficiency? Who could have foreseen that?! Even sweet potato "chips" (= fries) might've prevented that kid's blindness.

The weird part about having Mom almost putting a gun to my head to eat certain foods like vegetables is that when I got older, I actually started to like the foods I hated as a kid.  You mentioned  Brussels sprouts.  As a kid, I hated them.  Now I love them, especially when they are roasted.  Go figure.   

[Gefn]

The weird part about having Mom almost putting a gun to my head to eat certain foods like vegetables is that when I got older, I actually started to like the foods I hated as a kid.  You mentioned  Brussels sprouts.  As a kid, I hated them.  Now I love them, especially when they are roasted.  Go figure.   

Agree. Hated Brussels sprouts as a child love them now,

[Wingnut]

Your story reminds me of gagging down cauliflower and Brussels sprouts (both plain-boiled, served with a dollop of mayo).

WTF. Are you like Canadian? Mayonnaise on everything. Winter 11 months of the year. Anne Murray, all day, every day........

[berdie]

The weird part about having Mom almost putting a gun to my head to eat certain foods like vegetables is that when I got older, I actually started to like the foods I hated as a kid.  You mentioned  Brussels sprouts.  As a kid, I hated them.  Now I love them, especially when they are roasted.  Go figure.   

Same here @Applewood  and @Gefn.  I love Brussel sprouts and asparagus now.  I like cauliflour when raw....or drenched in cheese sauce. But that kind of defeats the purpose of eating it.

[PeteS in CA]

WTF. Are you like Canadian? Mayonnaise on everything. Winter 11 months of the year. Anne Murray, all day, every day........

Nope, California born-and-raised (in the saner Central Valley, not the Bay Area), as were my parents.

Asparagus, another vegetable I thoroughly disliked as a child ... and my Dad grew the stuff (he was a farmer).