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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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."

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Refugee Leaders Put Focus On Health ; a Workshop Teaches Ways to Promote Better Diets and Other Tips for Healthy Living Among Immigrants.

He knows what any of the mothers will say if he comments on their child: "He is not fat. He must gain more weight."

To learn how to sell his community on heal...

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