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Wednesday, June 25, 2014

The article is actually about rural Guatemala, but there is malnutrition throughout the world

even in places like the United States, which has its 'food deserts' and a reliance on cheap carbs for many who are living from paycheque to paycheque. But the article asks an interesting question and provides ideas for what governments and non-profits are doing to help people.

In a land of plenty, a reporter’s snapshots of malnutrition
What if every politician, political appointee and influential executive at a Forbes 500 company in the United States was encouraged to spend the night in the circumstances of one of the least fortunate of their constituents or customers? Would that make a difference?

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