Refugees come to this country fleeing war, persecution and all kinds of hardship. If they’ve spent time in refugee camps along the way, it’s likely they survived on slim rations, even one meal a day. That’s a diet that’s especially hard on kids. But when refugee kids come to this country, they’re faced with the [...]
Many refugees are children who come to this country without their parents. And many have little to no understanding of how to eat well in their new home. Ja Tu Marip is one of those refugees. He used to live with his family in a labor camp in Kachin, a northern state in Myanmar. But [...]
For most of us, thinking about our healthy eating habits happens maybe once a year at New Years, or right before swimsuit season. But for refugee kids, learning how to eat healthy in America is an entirely new challenge. In another story by reporter Shuka Kalantari, 15-year-old Ja Tu Marip, a foster child from Myanmar, [...]
Today, more than 60 million people drop by the Golden Arches every day. So what exactly are those people eating? Fast food chains are required to post the number of calories found in their food on site, but those numbers can be hard to find. So, KALW News stopped in at a Bay Area McDonalds [...]