A British teenager who has existed on
a diet of jam sandwiches for more than a decade has
been given a clean bill of health.
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"Heck
yeah, just jam sandwiches, mate!" says Craig
Flatman. |
Although Craig Flatman, 15, has eating
habits that would make a nutritionist shudder, a dietician
concluded last week that the 6ft 1in, youngster was
getting "adequate protein and some vitamins and
minerals".
But the dietician did tell his parents
that the teenager should see a behavioral psychologist
in an attempt to alter his eating habits.
Craig would not eat solids as a baby
until he ate a sugar sandwich. Aged four he started
eating only sandwiches made from white, sliced bread,
margarine and strawberry, raspberry or blackcurrant
jam. He drinks two pints of semi-skimmed milk a day
but the only other food he touches is chocolate cereal
for breakfast and a daily slice of chocolate cake.
"I never get bored of jam because
I like the taste so much," said Craig, of Stowmarket,
Suffolk, yesterday. "The doctors told me I would
grow out of it, but I don't know if I will ever change.
"My mum and dad have tried everything
to get me eating other things but nothing seems to work." |