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Poorer children hit hardest as scurvy makes a comeback in France (www.rfi.fr)
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Hospital doctors and researchers from France's public health research body (Inserm) and Université Paris Cité analysed trends among nearly 900 children hospitalised with scurvy in France over a nine-year period, until November 2023.

The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, found the biggest increase in cases was among children aged four to 10, and largely those from low-income families.

"There would seem to be a link with poverty," said Ulrich Meinzer, the study’s coordinator and a paediatrician at Robert-Debré Hospital in Paris.

He underlined that 32.9 percent of the hospitalised children came from families receiving universal medical cover – an indicator of very low income.

"Nurses noted that some of the infected children had not eaten for several days," Meinzer told French news magazine Le Nouvel Obs.

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[–] maniii 7 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Anything with citrus, lime, lemon, orange, etc. it can't cost more than 1 or 2 euros for a kilo bag. Scurvy cured if you giveaway lime slices.

I don't get it. Is it that hard in France to get any citrus fruit? It makes no sense to me.

A kid selling lemonade will cure scurvy right?

I'm totally confused.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

"Nurses noted that some of the infected children had not eaten for several days,"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Surprisingly meat also prevents scurvy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

So, another symptom of poverty is a lack of education. Odds are a lot of these people aren't even aware of the issues that can come from feeding their children nothing but microwavables.

There's a similar issue with malnutrition in the US among rural families that feed themselves mostly off what they can get at dollar general.