<div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail-headline"><h1 class="article-detail_title"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> (World Today Friday 19 October 2018)</span></h1><h1 class="article-detail_title"> Boy who ate instant noodles every day for years </h1><h1 class="article-detail_title"> dies of stomach cancer</h1><h1 class="article-detail_title"><img class="img-fluid bg-red" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.todayonline.com%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Fstyles%2Fnew_app_article_detail%2Fpublic%2Fphotos%2F43_images%2Fezxnoodles1019.jpg%3Fitok%3DJhyjX074" lazy="loaded"><strong><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Peter Hershey/Unsplash</span></strong></h1></div></div></div></div><!----><!----><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail-published-social article-detail_byline"><div class="row align-items-center"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail_bytime"><div class="article-detail_bylinepublish"><br></div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Updated 19 October, 2018</span></div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate"><br></div><div class="article-detail_bylineupdate"><br></div></div></div><div class="atclear"></div></div></div></div></div></div><!----><!----><!----><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="article-detail_body"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">KUALA LUMPUR</span></strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> — Taiwan has been shaken by news of an exemplary, hardworking university student who died recently from stomach cancer.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The 18-year-old scholar had been an inspiration to others, often burning the midnight oil to pore over his course work. He had developed the habit of working into the night since he was in secondary school, where he performed superlatively.</span></p><aside class="today-ad-imu ad-imu1 ad-bg col"><div id="div-gpt-ad-outstream" data-google-query-id="COib8rP0lN4CFQ0wlgod0QMJkg"><div id="google_ads_iframe_/4654/Today_online/world/outstream_0__container__" style="border: 0pt currentColor; border-image: none;"><iframe name="google_ads_iframe_/4654/Today_online/world/outstream_0" width="640" height="360" title="3rd party ad content" id="google_ads_iframe_/4654/Today_online/world/outstream_0" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border: 0px currentColor; border-image: none; vertical-align: bottom; display: none;" data-load-complete="true"></iframe><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Unfortunately, the young man also developed the habit of consuming instant noodles, night after night. According to Taiwan’s SeeHua News, by the time he entered university, the teen had been eating instant noodles every day for a period of years.</span></div></div></aside><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">The youth’s hard work got him into the university of his choice – but he soon began to feel chronically unwell, and was laid low by symptoms such as nausea, bloating and stomach ache.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">As his symptoms worsened, his family took him to a hospital for a check-up. The diagnosis was absolutely gutting – he had stage four stomach cancer, and his chances of pulling through were extremely slim.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">After a year of battling the disease, the boy with the bright academic future succumbed to the disease.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In the wake of the widely-reported tragedy, an oncologist at the hospital where the teen was treated, Dr Yan Jiarui, urged Taiwanese to reduce their intake of instant noodles, as well as pickled food and red meat, all of which have been linked to cancer. <strong>NEW STRAITS TIMES</strong></span><br></p></div></div></div></div><p><br></p>
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