http://washingtonindependent.com/46392/going-hungry National News in Context Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:37:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://washingtonindependent.com/46392/going-hungry/comment-page-1#comment-35448 nergal Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:07:06 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=46392#comment-35448 Does it also indicate height? I work with the local immigrant community, and many fully grown immigrant males that we see clock in at around five feet due to malnutrition and childhood illness in their home countries. Those weights, when viewed from that perspective, are still worrying. They aren't concentration camp starvation weights at that height, though. Does it also indicate height? I work with the local immigrant community, and many fully grown immigrant males that we see clock in at around five feet due to malnutrition and childhood illness in their home countries. Those weights, when viewed from that perspective, are still worrying. They aren't concentration camp starvation weights at that height, though.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/46392/going-hungry/comment-page-1#comment-33303 nergal Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:07:06 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=46392#comment-33303 Does it also indicate height? I work with the local immigrant community, and many fully grown immigrant males that we see clock in at around five feet due to malnutrition and childhood illness in their home countries. Those weights, when viewed from that perspective, are still worrying. They aren't concentration camp starvation weights at that height, though. Does it also indicate height? I work with the local immigrant community, and many fully grown immigrant males that we see clock in at around five feet due to malnutrition and childhood illness in their home countries. Those weights, when viewed from that perspective, are still worrying. They aren't concentration camp starvation weights at that height, though.

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