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Q:

Actually, obesity.

Clark:

Yes.

Q:

I wanted to ask you about nutrition. Does some of this problem originate from nutritional deficiencies?

Clark:

We think so. We can't prove it. We now have a large nutrition component here, and we're working with East Harlem Nutrition Center, and we're sending specialists, they're sending specialists here for classes, directly with the children and also with the parents, and they go into the homes with the parents.

Incidentally, it was our parent council, the one up here, two years ago sponsored a nutrition fair, and that was marvelous, because they had peoplecoming from all over, General Foods and the magazines, BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS, the dairy products, with nutritional material, educational stuff and exhibits, and it was really marvelous for everyone.

But we have a heavy emphasis on nutrition now, and I believe it's going to be even heavier, because it is true that the parents in general do not know how to feed their families. They really don't. And it's not just a matter of educating them to the proper foods, but it's a matter of educating them to the preparation of them, how to fix them, how to serve them, and when to serve them.

Q:

Do you know if any pediatrician has ever found any evidence of severe protein deficiency, kwashiokor?





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