Pica: Adele Edwards Eats Sofa Cushions Like Candy

Adele Edwards has an unusual eating disorder: She consumes couches like they were candy, going through seven sofas in the last 21 years. The Bradenton, Fla., mother-of-five has a condition called pica, which more often affects young children and pregnant mothers. Her non-food item of choice is the foam inside the cushions. "I unzip the cushions and snack on the foam inside," Edwards. 31, told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper. "And once I start I just can't stop. But now doctors have told me that...Full Story