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Boy who has eaten nothing but sausages his whole life has been cured
By
Hannah Sparks
October 7, 2020 | 5:22pm
Ever since he can remember, 15-year-old Ben Simpson has eaten only sausage.
His limited dietary preferences began when his mom, Wendy Hughes, began weaning him off breast milk. Soon, his pickiness gave way to several years of consuming only breakfast-style sausages and water, three times a day, every day.
Hughes, 55, told SWNS that she was at her wits’ end by the time she called David Kilmurry, a cognitive behavioral hypnotherapist who believed he could shake the teenager’s bizarre eating habits — a clinical condition
called avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID).
Before Kilmurry’s treatment, Ben was up to four or five sausages per meal, as Hughes, who lives with her son in Swansea, Wales, spent approximately $75 per month on a specific brand of skinless “bangers.”
“It is frustrating. Sometimes you just think, ‘Oh God, will you just eat it?’ But then Ben gets upset and teary,” she explained. “You have to have a lot of patience.”
nypost.com
