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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
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Subject: Re: Milk in Sudan and Ethiopia
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Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 18:12:09 EST
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> Our local newspaper has an LA Times wire service story today
> that shows George Bush pouring milk for starving refugees
> of Ethiopia in Sudan.... political comments ...
> 
> I don't have any hard and fast information myself, so I'm
> wondering if someone better informed would know what percentage
> of 5-10 year old kids in that area would be lactose intolerant,
> and what the results of lactose reaction are to a person who is
> suffering from advanced malnutrition.

I don't have any decent reference available either, but I remember
from some years ago having read that most lactose intolerance
shows up in adolecence.  I would suspect that most of the 5-10
year olds would be ok, but teens or adults would have problems.

Why don't we send them wheat, rice, beans, vitamin pills, and
water purification equipment?
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E. Michael Smith  ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems

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