Facing the Australian court, a father and a mother, aged 32 and 34, respectively, admitted to being guilty of mistreating their 19-month-old baby girl. The latter suffers from rickets (a degenerative bone disease) because of the vegan diet imposed by his parents. The little girl, along with her two older brothers aged 4 and 6, were placed in foster care.
To make their little girl follow their vegan diet, her parents only offered her half a banana and a cup of oats with rice milk in the morning, a slice of toast with jam or peanut butter for breakfast, and tofu, rice or potatoes for dinner. A diet that caused serious nutrient deficiencies in the infant, including calcium, vitamin B 12 and A, iron, zinc and vitamin D.
She weighed 4.9 kg at one year
The girl’s bones were so fragile that she suffered from multiple fractures.
At over a year old, the child weighed only 4.9 kg, barely double what she weighed when she was born, but the parents were not worried, saying she was a “difficult child. ” for the food. It was when she had to be hospitalized for health concerns that the doctors noticed the girl’s condition and alerted the authorities.
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