All slums tend to have garbage pickers, but most do not have this type of consciousness, and most are so tired and hungry and often ill that they barely survive.

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Noting that Aris may be so ill that he might not survive the journey, the junta says it does not want to encourage or endorse such an endeavor.

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Included in his views are that fat can help you survive some diseases, particularly wasting diseases where, once you are ill, fat might help to keep you alive.

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