Wednesday, June 20, 2007

the domino effect of malnutrition

The problem of iodine deficiency as we learned in class today may be more acute in landlocked countries. Burkina Faso being a landlocked country may have issues of iodine deficiency and this is an issue i will look at when preparing my presentation. as we learned in class malnutrition leads to further impoverishment in diverse ways
other nutritional issues I will look at will include the types of foods consumed and possible consequences of lack of certain food groups in the diet.
I also read about the Hunger Project helping women to set up markets much like the farmers market in athens. These initiatives have helped to reduce , HIV/AIDS, poverty, infant mortatity and in general empowering women and giving them a voice to work together with men to address issues of food security. 
these are all interesting items i hope to explore further and incorporate in my paper

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