tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296650387080062866.post3038982014216982297..comments2018-12-05T10:45:25.160-08:00Comments on Life as a Southpaw: Nigerian nutrition.Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05908032612623820029noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1296650387080062866.post-79950281814010445362011-07-06T17:57:05.362-07:002011-07-06T17:57:05.362-07:00The last paragraph reminded me of a story I read s...The last paragraph reminded me of a story I read somewhere, about the difficulties of getting an African community to embrace better nutrition. (I believe there was a high fatality rate of children due to malnutrition.) They found a solution that worked: they got all the women of the village together, and essentially recruited them to help solve the problem of bad nutrition. The women went out and assessed the health of all the kids in the community, and they found mostly unhealthy ones...but there were a few healthy ones. So then the women examined what those families were doing differently, and found that those families were cooking in some subtly different ways that increased the nutritional value of the food. So then the women started adopting those cooking techniques themselves, and the malnutrition situation improved dramatically. I'm sure there was guidance/nudging from the scientists, but since the locals were instrumental in finding the problem & solution, they were very invested in actually implementing the findings.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853022707773616268noreply@blogger.com