HEALTH: Urban poor missing out on vital nutrients

HEALTH: Urban poor missing out on vital nutrients:

NAIROBI, 12 October 2012 (IRIN) - In slums around the world, the sight of food vendors along dusty alleys, serving customers as they wave away flies, is common. Many of these consumers do not consider themselves undernourished, but experts say consuming cheap food, cooked and sold under unhygienic conditions, could be affecting the nutrition and health of many urban poor.