This article explores women’s reactions to public health nutrition work in Guatemala, looking specifi cally at multi-micronutrients, or sprinkles. This anthropological research was carried out in two rural communities in Chiquimula, one of which was in the Maya Ch’orti’ region, during the 2017 seasonal period of scarcity. Taking as a starting point the limitations of a medicalised approach to malnutrition, this article discusses how multi-micronutrients are illsuited as a solution for child malnutrition in situations of precarity. Though they are designed to be physiologically eff ective in reducing nutrition defi ciencies in the body, they appear less useful once socio-economic conditions are considered. Women’s experience with malnutrition emergencies will be explored to show how health decision-making must be understood in relation to their social context as well as to their expectations for the future.

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洒水和间距

本文探讨了妇女对危地马拉公共卫生营养工作的反应，特别关注多种微量营养素或洒水。这项人类学研究是在2017年稀缺季节期间在奇基穆拉（Chiquimula）的两个农村社区进行的，其中一个在玛雅霍蒂（Maya Ch'orti'）地区。本文以医学上的营养不良方法的局限性为出发点，讨论了如何将多种微量营养素不适合作为处于不稳定状况的儿童营养不良的解决方案。尽管它们被设计为在生理上有效地减少体内营养缺乏，但一旦考虑到社会经济状况，它们的作用就会减弱。