They wanted to study how kids distinguish between edible and toxic plants, but first they wanted to see if children identify plants in general as edible -- compared to toys, for example.
The spokeswoman stressed Britain would only be taking vulnerable children identified in Italy and Greece if they had a family connection in the UK.
If children correctly identified the orientation of at least four of five optotypes on the 6/60 line, they were examined on the 6/30 line, then the 6/15 line, and then line by line to 6/3.
If children are identified at an early stage of malnutrition, they can be treated in their homes with ready-to-use therapeutic food – such as Plumpy'nut, a high-protein, peanut-based paste – along with regular check-ups at the closest health centre.
In 2011, they even permitted a transgender Colorado girl to join, explaining, "If a child identifies as a girl and the child's family presents her as a girl, Girl Scouts of Colorado welcomes her as a Girl Scout".
"The child identifies completely as an adult.
If children were not identified and treated, the effective antibiotic coverage may have been lower than recorded, resulting in an underestimate of antibiotic efficacy.
If children or parents identified this as a possibility, then a question about combining them was added to the next iteration of testing.
Plausibly, this pattern of infection could be different if malnourished children were identified by community screening.
A second inclusion criterion was if the children were identified as having restricted speech and language, and/or severe intelligibility problems.
