Malnutrtion in North Korea

All Things Considered January 18, 2005 · According to one report, the average North Korean boy is less than five feet tall and weighs less than 100 pounds. Children's growth in the country has been affected by poor nutrition, and the number of North Koreans who died from food shortages in the past decade is in the millions.

One young woman intrviewed on the segment said that she never ate meat as a child.