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Where do the children play?

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409 points casca | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 13:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.237s | source
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aitchnyu ◴[17 Nov 25 10:34 UTC] No.45952397[source]▶
Umm, do most of those kids have distended bellies?
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losvedir ◴[17 Nov 25 19:14 UTC] No.45956958[source]▶
I was wondering about that, too. It means they're malnourished, right?
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1. porphyra ◴[17 Nov 25 23:02 UTC] No.45959445[source]▶
Apparently potbellies can be caused by:

* extreme protein malnourishment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwashiorkor

* intestinal parasites

Given that the kids don't exhibit extreme wasting on their facial features and limbs, I would say it's probably the latter. Still really sad though, the poor kids!