Word: oktibbeha
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scientists at Mississippi State College, Drs. Dorothy Dickins and Robert N. Ford, think they know why: lack of iron in the diet. Last fortnight Science News Letter reported some results of their investigation among 207 Negro school children in Oktibbeha County, Miss. At least a quarter of the children admitted eating dirt. Most of the dirt-eaters had less of the iron-rich foods, such as molasses, mustard greens, liver, in their diet than did the non-dirt-eaters. And as far as the scientists could find out, the craving for dirt (known as geophagia) has nothing to do with...
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