A schoolboy who only ate Heinz Peppa Pig pasta shapes for 12 years has finally had a proper meal – thanks to hypnosis.
Curtis Maxwell, 14, from Rugby, Warwickshire, UK would gag if he was forced to eat anything other than the tomato-sauce pasta.
The teen would trough up to five cans of the novelty-shaped pasta every day – costing mum Kylie more than £100-a-month in food bills.
In desperation Kylie contacted David Kilmurry, a specialist in obsessive eating conditions, who diagnosed Curtis with ARFID.
ARFID — avoidant-restrictive food intake disorder — can make sufferers oversensitive to the taste, texture, smell, look and even temperature of certain foods.
After a series of two-hour sessions, Curtis now has more than ten foods which he is willing to try.
