El Molo child suffering from Rickets.
El Molo child suffering from Rickets. Because of a diet consisting primarily of fish, the El Molo children suffer from vitamin D deficiency, which develops into the nutritional disease causing deformities such as bowlegs or knocknees. Lake Turkana, Kenya
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Location: Lake Turkana - Kenya.
Photo credit: © Jeff Rotman / Alamy / Afripics
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