Signs Of Malnourishment In Kenya Include Different Health Conditions, From Stunting To Obesity
VOA News: Malnutrition in Africa Wears Two Faces
“In a health clinic in Mathare, one of Nairobi’s roughest slums, families fill the waiting room. Here, the charity German Doctors runs a feeding program for malnourished children. … But in the slums, obesity can be a sign not of overeating but of malnutrition, says Elizabeth Kimani, who works with Nairobi’s African Population and Health Research Center…” (Heuler, 3/24).
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