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Previous Volume 328:1058-1061 April 8, 1993 Number 14 Next

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During his first visit to an underdeveloped country, a prominent psychologist spent hours quietly observing, and being observed by, a skeletal infant who at eight months of age weighed less than when she was born. Her slow, shallow breathing was almost imperceptible, her pulse rate very slow, and her blood pressure scarcely measurable. She seemed very near death. There were no discernible movements except those of her eyes, which warily tracked anyone entering the room. Irregularly breast-fed for less than a month and weaned to teas and broths, she had survived almost total starvation by a miracle of adaptation: stopping . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Instituto de Investigacion Nutricional, Lima, Peru, and the School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

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