Suraj Achar had only recently opened his family practice when he left for a six-months assignment with a Doctors Without Borders nutrition-based team in Kenya. The incidence of malnutrition among Somalian refugees, particularly the children, was ala...
Two girls, ages 4 and 6, walked 10 to 15 kilometers through the desert each day to get a ration of food. The food they took home each Sunday fed their Ethiopian family for a week, so dire was their plight.
It would seem that the abundance of food and the wide variety of choices we have in the United States would almost guarantee proper and adequate nutrition for everyone. However, many people who consume enough calories each day are malnourished. What...