17 year old has eaten nothing but Mcdonalds chicken nuggets

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http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/01/27/child-abuse-17-year-old-drops-after-eating-only-chicken-nuggets-age-2
Stacey Irvine looks surprisingly well for a 17-year-old who's eaten only chicken nuggets since she was 2. But when she recently went to the hospital after passing out from struggling to breathe, doctors told her that she absolutely had to eat more healthily.

"She's been told in no uncertain terms that she will die if she carries on like this, but Stacey says she can't eat anything else," her mom, Evonne, told U.K.'s Daily Mail. "It breaks my heart to see her eating those damned nuggets. I am at my wit's end. I'm praying she can be helped before it's too late."

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Stacey claims never to have tasted fruits or vegetables, but admits to sometimes eating fries and toast. "McDonald's chicken nuggets are my favorite," said Stacey. "I share 20 with my boyfriend, with [fries]." She also enjoys nuggets from KFC and the supermarket.

Evonne says her two younger children eat normally, and that she's tried depriving Stacey of food to force her to expand her repertoire.

In the hospital, Stacey was injected with much-needed vitamins and doctors found that she suffered from anaemia and inflamed veins on her tongue due to her obsessive diet.

It's hard to imagine that in the 15 years since Stacey tasted her first nugget at McDonald's, her mom has been unable to influence her to eat the minimal level of nutrients necessary to sustain a human being. Do you think this level of leniency qualifies as abuse? How have you gotten your kids to expand beyond their comfort foods?
 
It's the parents role to break these bad eating habits early on and get their children to eat a healthy diet. I can see it now, the mother or father couldn't stand the whining and the crying and gave in and fed her the nuggets. Bad parents!

I feel sorry for her, there is some really, really nice food she is missing out on!
 
I'm amazed she has a boyfriend. Although I guess the guy's perspective is she's a cheap date. :D

Dare I say it? Worst...Mother...Ever!!...

It's like a dog, not that I'm saying women are like dogs, okay, maybe I am. If you don't feed the dog junk human food, eventually they will eat the crappy dog food. When she's hungry enough, she'll eat something healthy. Although child protective services would probably put the mother in jail for that. :D
 
Wasn't this posted already? I assumed she was dead by now.


I'm amazed she has a boyfriend. Although I guess the guy's perspective is she's a cheap date. :D
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Wasn't this posted already? I assumed she was dead by now.



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yeah it's fairly old news- as far as news cycles go. I'm not sure if there's a previous thread on it. And yeah, I'd think she'll be dying any minute now.
 
Assuming this is some sort of psychological problem where the girl simply will starve over eating anything else, why in the world did the mother not ever seek professional help?
 
My brother eats almost nothing but fast food and processed food. Amazingly, he's still living (I think he's around 44 years old right now). The only time he might eat vegetables is on Thanksgiving or Christmas.
 
This story doesn't make any sense. It's not like she was able to choose what she ate when she was 2, and it's impossible for me to believe that she could've only eaten one type of food everyday for 15 years unless she was part of some sort of experiment.

She doesn't look bad at all, fwiw.
 
Either wrong description (maybe "only fast food", which includes a variety anyways) or FAKE.
Cause she'd die at age 5 (or before that), if only fed chicken and nothing green.

This story doesn't make any sense. It's not like she was able to choose what she ate when she was 2, and it's impossible for me to believe that she could've only eaten one type of food everyday for 15 years unless she was part of some sort of experiment.

She doesn't look bad at all, fwiw.

According to the story, she sometimes ate other things like fries and toast, so those might have been enough to sustain her all these years.

Though I am also curious if a person can actually live this long sans vegetables or fruits.
 
Though I am also curious if a person can actually live this long sans vegetables or fruits.

Live? I'd guess yeah. Live a life where you can walk a mile, heal from an infection or not collapse out of breath? Probably not.
 
I imagine she can get enough trace amounts of vitamins to not just fall over dead or something. Certainly wouldnt be good for her blood pressure and such though.
 
It's hard to imagine that in the 15 years since Stacey tasted her first nugget at McDonald's, her mom has been unable to influence her to eat the minimal level of nutrients necessary to sustain a human being. Do you think this level of leniency qualifies as abuse? How have you gotten your kids to expand beyond their comfort foods?

She's been eating nothing but chicken nuggets since the age of 2? - that is clearly child abuse.

How could you be so irresponsible as a parent?

Is this even true?
 
Dont worry, mother is going to pray that she gets help. Much stronger action than actually just taking her in for psychological help, just toss it in God's court.
 
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