Learning to eat well in the land of plenty: refugee nutrition part 3
Dietician Stefania Manetti teaches refugee children how to read nutrition facts.
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, didn’t have a lot of access to junk food like candy and soda. In this story, also by Kalantari, Ja Tu’s older sister Seng Raw talks about her adjustment to the American diet.
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