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appointment 4 days ago

Where are people living on $3/day getting fat?

wizzwizz4 4 days ago | parent [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwashiorkor (note: distressing images)

mrguyorama 4 days ago | parent [-]

Important distinction:

That is not "fat" in the same way that someone with cirrhosis isn't fat, that is diseased

>The name, introduced by Williams in 1935, was derived from the Ga language of coastal Ghana, translated as "the sickness the baby gets when the new baby comes"

Christ that's sad.