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Article: Refugee leaders put focus on health ; A workshop teaches ways to promote better diets and other tips for healthy living among immigrants.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2005
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JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
08-13-2005
Refugee leaders put focus on health ; A workshop teaches ways to promote better diets and other tips for healthy living among immigrants.
Byline: JOSIE HUANG Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: Local & State
Osman Hersi laments the unhealthy diets of his fellow Somali refugees, though he can certainly understand the reason behind them.
People died of starvation during the civil war, so "there is that fear that you need to eat what you have now," he said. "Some mothers always force their children to eat what they can now because maybe they will miss a meal."
He knows what any of the mothers will say if he comments on their ...
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