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Although INCAP’s work was always seen as the “longitudinal study going on in Guatemala,” in fact there were no Maya in the cohort. In general, if any Guatemalan growth cohorts had included the Maya, the investigators would have had to explain to the world why the Maya were so poorly off. I decided to try to find affluent Maya families. Maybe not rich Maya families, but perhaps middle-class families. But what happens in Guatemala is that in order to rise to the middle class, you have to stop being Maya. The parents stop wearing Maya clothing, they shift away from speaking Mayan languages, and eventually their kids grow up not even knowing they’re Maya. They assimilate. Global Health Hub #malnutrition #mayahealth #guatemala #guatemejor #food_security
Posted on: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:15:00 +0000

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