Hooked on chicken nuggets: Girl, 17, who has eaten nothing else since age TWO rushed to hospital after collapsing

[Spitfire]

Ever since she was a toddler, Stacey Irvine has eaten little else but chicken nuggets and the occasional portion of chips.

 

Now, at the age of 17, she has been warned by doctors to change her appalling diet or die.

 

The factory worker – who says she has never tasted fresh fruit or vegetables – had to be taken to hospital earlier this week when she collapsed after struggling to breathe.

 

 

Doctors found that her 15-year ‘chronic chicken nugget addiction’ has left her with anaemia and inflamed veins on her tongue.

 

So deficient was her body in vitamins and nutrients that she had to be injected with them.

 

 

Although she has been urged to drastically change her diet, she says she cannot give up the fast food.

 

Stacey, who is recovering at home on a high-dose course of vitamins, has been hooked on chicken nuggets since her mother let her try them in a McDonald’s restaurant at the age of two.

 

‘I loved them so much they were all I would eat,’ she said. ‘I just couldn’t face even trying other foods. Mum gave up giving me anything else years ago.’

 

The teenager, of Castle Vale, Birmingham, admits she will occasionally vary her food intake – by eating a slice of toast for breakfast or a packet of crisps.

 

Yet following her admission to hospital, she has conceded that the diet is having a negative impact on her health.

 

‘I am starting to realise this is really bad for me,’ she said. ‘My main meal is always chicken nuggets every day.

 

‘McDonald’s chicken nuggets are my favourite. I share 20 with my boyfriend with chips.

 

‘But I also like KFC and supermarket brands.’

 

A less serious consequence of her craving is that she is struggling to store all the free toys that come with the fast food meals, she added – they fill four bin bags.

 

Stacey’s mother, Evonne, is exasperated by her daughter’s refusal to eat a healthy and varied diet and wants her to see a specialist.

 

‘She’s been told in no uncertain terms that she will die if she carries on like this,’ the 39-year-old explained.

 

‘But Stacey says she can’t eat anything else. 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.’

 

The beauty therapist – who says her two other children Leo, five, and Ava, three, both eat healthily – has even tried depriving Stacey of food in a bid to get her to eat something other than nuggets.

 

Nutritionist Dr Carina Norris said that, during her ten years of experience, she has not come across such an extreme case of food addiction.

 

She believes Stacey’s diet will have serious long-term health implications, as her body will be lacking iron, calcium, antioxidants, vitamins and good fats.

 

‘She should view her health scare as a warning – a wake-up call that she needs to drastically change her diet.

 

‘Fruit and vegetables are integral to long-term health. Without them, you greatly increase the chances of developing chronic conditions such as heart disease and cancer.

 

‘So the sooner you can get children eating them, the better. It is also important that you eat lots of different colours. Stacey’s diet is going to be very beige and high in saturated fat.’

 

 

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[Fordje]

Disgusting

[Panini*Hobbit@mp3]

Pretty sad to hear someone is addicted to McDonalds.. but for 15 years? Cmon.. wtf were the parents thinking? Imagine all the money spent everyday on the food.. Actually, after checking the link.. it's pretty surprising how she isn't fat after eating the same thing everyday..

 

I remember watching Supersize Me, the movie where the guy eats McDonalds food for a whole month, nothing else.. by the end he felt depressed, was putting on the pounds like no tomorrow and it was sad to see.. I'm glad someone made a movie about it to highlight how bad the junk food is.. I'll admit myself that anytime I go out for a few drinks, I'll always end up getting something in either McDonalds, Burger King or Hillbillys which I know is bad, but sitting on my ass doing nothing to burn that fat isn't helping either..

[Joker]

At the age of two how did she refuse to eat anything else than nuggets? How did it turn out that she want to eat it again(after the first time)? Why did her mother fed her with that shit over and over ?

[Wyvern]

At the age of two how did she refuse to eat anything else than nuggets? How did it turn out that she want to eat it again(after the first time)? Why did her mother fed her with that shit over and over ?

 

BAD MOTHER! She should of been worried and resolved the problem YEARS AGO by worrying and taking her to the doctor for a check-up.

[Wifestein]

CHICKEN NUGGETS!!!!! <33333333

[GI-JOE]

Dunno about you guys but I'm starving

 

[bell reavue]

What a horrible mother! There are many things you can do to battle food addiction especially when the kid is a toddler. It's not like the girl was living on her own and buying her own food.

[GraveDigger]

This is a perfect example of Darwinism. Survival of the fittest........I understand that as a child she was at the mercy of her parents but as a teen and adult she knew better.

 

This person is too stupid to walk among us. Society should just let her pass on before she spreads her DNA.

 

That might sound harsh but we need to thin the herd.

 

This girl is way to stupid to eat a proper diet yet I am sure she can breed like a rabbit. Seems to always be the case in my not so humble opinion.

[Chuckun]

Parents need to be sterilised.

[darkfang77]

Parents need to be sterilised.

 

The lot of them need to be taken to Fat Fighters!

[WeetBix KiD]

Stupid parents. It was not all she would eat as a toddler. Its her mother giving her what she wants, not whats good for her. A 2 year old has no idea what is good for her. My kids get what they are given, if they dont eat it they go without. My 5 year ols would love to just eat chicken nuggets and chips every night for tea. I am the parent and i am there to parent her, She is lucky if she gets nuggets and chips once a month!

[ReedLAb]

i'd like to take this opportunity to share an interesting clip from my fave show and its message on mickey D's chicken nuggets:

 

[vikegirl]

I just don't get how she isn't sick of them by now. And she says she has never tasted fruits or vegetables either... That's a straight up trip...

 

I agree with you Weetbix, if she doesn't like what's being served she can go without...

[deadpnk]

i figured she wouldnt be fat, all she ate was chicken nuggets, same amount of fat, and stuff in it for 15 years lol...

 

genetics and her metabolism most likely kept her from being fat...

and she looks too pretty from all those nuggets lol

(i figured if not fat, alot of acne?)

 

id say this is some sort of publicity stunt so we can say... WTF?!

 

 

but hey.... she's freakin lucky to eat all those nuggets omnomnomnomonom

 

lucky and stupid.

Edited January 29, 2012 by deadpnk