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Lost Generations (24/30)


This is also part of this series: Life Series I & II (30)

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Subjects: Geography, Globalization, Health Issues, Human Rights, India, Medicine, Poverty

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 30 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2001
Available in French: No

Dr. Caroline Fall is in charge of coordinating global research into the long-term effects of low birth weight on health and development. She attributes most of the blame for low birth weight children on maternal poverty and malnutrition, which have increased dramatically in India since the early ‘90s. Low birth weight babies grow up to become malnourished mothers, who in turn give birth to more low birth weight babies. This Life episode explores what can be done to break the vicious cycle of poverty and ill-health that condemns whole populations to sub-standard lives.