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Experts are warning about the risks of extreme picky eating after a teenager developed permanent sight loss after living on a diet of chips and crisps.
Since leaving primary school, the teen had been eating only French fries, white bread, as well as an occasional slice of ham or a sausage.
The adolescent, who cannot be named, had seen his doctor at the age of 14 because he had been feeling tired and unwell. At that time he was diagnosed with lack of Vitamin B12 and put on supplements, but he did not stick with the treatment or improve his poor diet.
Three years later, he was taken to the Bristol Eye Hospital because of progressive sight loss. Dr Denize Atan, who treated him at the hospital, said：“His diet was only a portion of chips from the local fish and chip shop every day. He also used to snack on chips, white bread and sometimes slices of ham or sausage, and not really any fruit and vegetables.”
The teen explained this as a dislike to certain kinds of food that he really could not tolerate, and so chips and crisps were really the only types of food that he wanted and felt that he could eat.
Dr Atan rechecked the young man's vitamin levels and said “he was low in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals—copper, selenium and Vitamin D. He was not over or underweight, but was severely malnutritional from his eating disorder. He had lost minerals from his bone, which was really quite shocking for a boy of his age.”
“He had blind spots right in the middle of his vision，” said Dr Atan's assistant. “That means he can't drive and would find it really difficult to read, watch TV or recognize faces, but he can walk around on his own because he has got peripheral (周边的) vision.”
The condition the young man has is treatable if diagnosed early. Left too long, however, the nerve fibres in the optic nerve (视神经) die and the damage becomes permanent.
Now he has been put on vitamin supplements and sent to a dietitian and a specialist mental health team.
本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了最近英国一名少年由于常年只吃薯条、薯片和其他垃圾食品，最终导致双目失明。这给挑食的人们提了个醒。
1．What can we know about the boy?
A．He didn't see a doctor.
B．He can not see anything now.
C．He has a normal body shape.
D．He insisted on taking supplements.
答案：C
解析：细节理解题。根据第一段中teenager developed permanent sight loss可知，男孩并没完全失明，只是视力减退；根据第三段中．..had seen his doctor at the age of 14可知男孩去看过医生；根据At that time he was diagnosed with lack of Vitamin B12 and put on supplements, but he did not stick with the treatment or improve his poor diet.可知，男孩没有坚持吃这些营养剂；根据第六段中He was not over or underweight.可知，这个少年并没有超重或体重过轻，所以少年的体型正常，故选C项。
2．What kind of food does the boy refuse to eat?
A．Crisps and chips. B．White bread.
C．Ham and sausage. D．Fruit and vegetables.
答案：D
解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中He also used to snack on chips, white bread and sometimes slices of ham or sausage, and not really any fruit and vegetables.可知，他还经常吃薯片，有时吃几片白面包，偶尔吃几片火腿，不吃任何水果和蔬菜。所以小男孩拒绝吃水果和蔬菜，故选D项。
3．What can we learn from Dr Atan's words?
A．Vegetables and fruit are the only source of vitamins.
B．Lack of vitamins and minerals may lead to the loss of sigh.
C．The more vitamins we take, the better.
D．Loss of minerals from bone causes blindness.
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第六段、第七段中he was low in B12 as well as some other important vitamins and minerals—copper, selenium and Vitamin D. “He had blind spots right in the middle of his vision，” said Dr Atan's assistant.可知，少年体内的维生素B12以及其他一些重要的维生素和矿物质——铜、硒和维生素D含量都很低。Dr Atan医生说这个少年的视力正中间有盲点。所以通过Dr Atan的话可以判断出，缺乏维生素和矿物质可能导致失明，故选B项。
