often to feed their children. In these situations, providing
women with basic nutrition education is critical for the
health of young children. In other instances family or cultural
dynamics or labor demands may keep mothers from being
able to provide adequate care. In Burkina Faso, for example,
one study showed that young children whose mother’s also
work are more likely to be malnourished than mother’s who
do not work.18
Compounding poor diets, the water children drink
may be unclean and living conditions unsanitary. In these
settings, e