Re: Geophagia, Why?

Mark Myatt (mark@myatt.demon.co.uk)
Fri, 11 Aug 95 08:12:19 GMT

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-> Well, their may a pseudo-scientific, in-depth, detailed analysis of the causes
-> of this phenomenon, but I believe the main reason is that they are HUNGRY AS
-> HELL!

Would that it were so simple! This occurs in reasonably well-nourished
populations (i.e. not just among the starving) It appears to be
associated with low Hb / low iron but the direction of the link
(if it is causal) is not known (to me at least).

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