European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                -. . I. Of a hunger in South Africa s tribal homelands associated pressm Oloko s Mother died in childbirth. Now. A month later he lies listlessly silent in a Hospital crib weighing just 5 pounds and 19 Likely to die Zimsek within a month. Moloko is one of an estimated 2.9 million Black children in South Africa who suffer from severe malnutrition in a country that exports More than �575 million Worth of food every year. Rural Blacks Are in the midst o a major  said one Relief worker. It could Worsen and become an Ethiopia Type  Moloko was Laken from his grandmother s Shack to a Hospital in a Black tribal Homeland in the Vicinity of Johannesburg when he failed to thrive on a diet of watery porridge. His stomach is bloated by water retention but his legs and arms Are thin Slicks. His face and body Are covered with sores he is Loo weak to cry he will  said a nurse it is a desperate situation. We will give his Granny supplements far two weeks but then what reporters wore admitted to the area and to the Hospital on the understanding that they would not identify any of the officials involved Moloko s family Home is in one of 10 tribal homelands Sel up by the White government in the Early 1950s and taking up 13 percent of the country. The official government yearbook says they were created " or the Ful political development of Blacks including the option of Sovereign Independence based in their traditional  the problem began under British colonial Rule when authorities carved up the country in a policy deliberately designed to Force the Black Farmer off the land and to be available for migrant  but Ina Perlman director of the operation hunger Relief organization says apartheid the government s policy of enforced segregation was just a mopping up operation " she said the homelands with a population Esli maled at about 13 million had become dumping grounds for women children and unemployed or unemployable men. We live about 2.9 million children below the age of 15 who Are not Only below the International height weight Standard but who also suffer from clinically diagnosable symptoms of malnutrition she said most of them Are in Rural areas protein deficiency causes stunted growth and increasingly there Are signs of brain damage. Ii also Means that Many childhood infections become killers a malnourished child who gets measles will die Perlman said she said health workers estimated thai about 60 out of every 1,000 Black babies Dies of malnutrition. In the homelands the figure was thought to be closer to 190 out of every 1,000. One has to see the desperation in these areas to realize the Stark horror of reality in this country. The situation is totally out of control Perlman said. Operation hunger funded by private donations in South Africa and by private and go Emmet Aid from outside the country spends around $315,000 a month feeding 720,000 people mainly children. Perlman said the government refused to acknowledge that anyone was starving to death in South Africa. Starvation she said was defined As a fatal absence of Lood. A Pratt although South Africa Export Man than 9575 million Worth at food ovary Yar. An my mated 3.9 million of a Black Chat Awn tuner from savors malnutrition. Ulcers and personality is there a link by Gayle Young United press International there Are typical ambitious executives who live stress filled lives but they do not got ulcers and doctors Are left wondering  the 1940 s researchers have known that some emotions and Stres Alul incidents such As taking a test produce enough stomach acid to possibly cause the painful disorder. Bui they have never been Able to determine whether certain personality types Are More prone to ulcers characterized by holes in the stomach s lining than Are others. We be always wondered Why All things equal some people get ulcers and others Don to said or Mark Feldman assistant professor of Medicine at the University of teas health science Center in Dallas. Many people have similar stress problems like loss of Job or divorce he said. But Only some develop  Feldman recently completed a study Al the Veteran s administration medical Center in Dallas on 102 people 49 of whom had ulcers. The two groups similar in age and life experience were Given a Battery of standardized personality tests and evaluated. People with ulcers had Many More personality disorders than did the control  Feldman said. They also reacted differently to stress  the study showed people with ulcers were More Likely to be hypochondriac and dependent on others Feldman said. They were emotionally weak or feeble pessimistic Aboul their Outlook on life and tended to be very concerned about common aches he said. Personality tests also shewed the ulcer group tended to shy away from social encounters he said. There Ware Many marked personality disturbances but no one profile Feldman said. They May have been hypochondriac but not dependent or vice versa. And the personality disorders did not hold True for every subject with an ulcer. There were some who did not have disorders he said. But the ulcer group had significantly More personality problems than the control  Feldman said the psychological Testa taken by the subjects also indicated people Wilh ulcers tended to perceive life s knocks As More terrible than did people who did not have ulcers. This might be a clue As to Why some people gel ulcers and others Don the said but other doctors argue it is impossible to link personality to the stomach disorders. They say ulcers the exact cause of which is unknown May not be caused by stress but Only made worse by stress. Once you have an ulcer stress does make it worse but we Don t know if stress caused it in he first place said or. Grace h. Elta professor of gastroenterology Al the University of Michigan health sciences Center in Ann Arbor. There Are a lot of people who get ulcers who have Low stomach acid Levels she said obviously acid will make an existing ulcer worse but we Don t know if it s enough to cause it in the first place. There Are ulcers caused by incredible amounts of acid triggered by a tumor she said. We Don t know in humans produce enough acid under stress to match that but probably  ulcers Are characterized by a Hole in the mucous membrane that lines the stomach and duodenum. Once an ulcer develops it usually recurs periodically especially when High stomach acid such As that caused by stress irritates the tender lining. Tests on both animals and humans have shown certain emotions most notably hostility resentment guilt and frustration trigger an increase of stomach acid. Other less have shown stressful situations like taking a test or conducting an interview also result in a higher stomach acid count in most people. Doctors believe some ulcers May be caused by High Levels of stomach acid. Other ulcers May develop when the defences that protect the stomach lining fail. Or doctors said a combination of High stomach acid and a weak lining May be the Caus. Sunday. December 14, 1906 the stars and stripes Page 17