![]() In the 1989 study, Dettwyler also examined for the first time whether intestinal parasites contributed to poor growth in Malian children. ![]() ![]() Her questions included: Did malnourished children catch up in growth and did this happen in middle or late childhood? Were severely malnourished children permanently affected? Had any children from the first study died? Did the best nourished children in her first study continue to be taller and heavier and did they survive better than less well nourished children or became more malnourished in later childhood? Why, with malnutrition and poor growth common in childhood, were so many Malians were tall and well built? The author also wanted to visit new families and acquire data on them, as well as conducting detailed interviews about infant feeding beliefs and practices. What were the author's research questions?ĭuring 1989, the author wanted to follow up on children from her research in 1981-1983 to compare their growth and nutritional status between studies. It charts events in the book and aspects of the work of this physical anthropologist in the field of child nutrition in Mali during 1989 as an assistant professor of nutritional anthropology.ĭiscussion questions on Dancing Skeletons - Life and Death in West Africa This paper reviews the book Dancing Skeletons - Life and Death in West Africa by Katherine A Dettwyler. ![]() Dancing Skeletons - Life and Death in West Africa ![]()
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