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Diarrhea makes you dumb

Posted 12.11.2003 by Dave
Thanks to Teri for sending this in. Scary... as if people in the Third World didn't have enough problems...
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A team from the University of Virginia followed hundreds of children in a Brazilian shanty town for 14 years. Those afflicted by diarrhoea showed signs of stunted mental development by the age of 10.

The findings were announced at a meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. It is well-known that frequent diarrhoea affects growth and physical fitness - but the link with mental performance is not so established.

"And the best single predictor of how a child is doing in the third grade in school is how much diarrhoea they had during their first two years of life."
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Anonymous Coward -- 12.12.2003

I'd say that the runs aren't the cause of stupidity: it's the malnourishment and poor water quality. The diarrhoea is just a symptom. It's correlated, but not causative. Shame on these scientists. They should know better.

Anonymous Coward -- 12.12.2003

I'd say that the runs aren't the cause of stupidity: it's the malnourishment and poor water quality. The diarrhoea is just a symptom. It's correlated, but not causative. Shame on these scientists. They should know better.

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