In "Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi," Patten Notes Thasome

question 70

Multiple Choice

In "Medical Anthropology: Improving Nutrition in Malawi," Patten notes thasome villages were nogood candidates for the social research projecdue to

• A)a language barrier between the anthropologists and the villagers.
• B)an ongoing problem of animal theft.
• C)the elders' resistance to the plan.
• D)the resistance of women head-of-households in those villages.

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