
Health-e News has published a photo feature as part of its Hungry for Change series, documenting what food insecurity looks like on the plates of South African families. Community journalists asked people to show their actual meals, which range from pap and spinach to chicken and bread shared among a household of 12, while a Free State school meal of samp, beans and vegetables may be a child's main meal of the day. Registered dietitian Helen Donkin from the Association for Dietetics in South Africa analysed the meals.
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