HSCI 319W Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Preterm Birth, Musqueam Indian Band, Malnutrition
28 Feb 2020
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Sfu"s campuses are located on the unceded traditional territory of the squamish, musqueam, tsleil-waututh, katzie, and kwikwetlem peoples. These peoples lived on this land prior to the arrival of settlers and still live here now. Persistent hunger in residential schools documented in 1940s and 50s. Quality of food was low, often with contaminated or rotten food. For most of the schools" history, the typical residential school diet was characterized by insufficient caloric intake, minimal protein and fat, severely limited access to fresh fruit and vegetables, and frequent bouts of food-borne infection. (e1044) This was known to the government, which was responsible for this situation as it did not provide sufficient training, financing, or oversight. Effects and echoes: malnutrition negatively impacted growth and development of these children. Stunts height and favours obesity when adequate nutrition is later available. Increases likelihood of stillbirth, preterm birth, birth defects, lower weight births.
