By age 14 to 16, young women are engaged by their parents to acceptable young men. Females are not provided with family planning information by their elders. Figure 4 shows a K'ekchi' family at home. Diet and Meal Preparation Corn is the primary dietary mainstay for Mayans. The Food Guide Pyramid is not part of their understanding, nor is it possible given the lack of vegetables for part of the year.
Malnutrition is widespread.
Women spend a large part of their day preparing corn tortillas, made fresh up to three times a day. In Figure 5 I am being taught how to take dry corn off the cob. Elders work until they are too frail to perform their daily duties. Bush doctors provide the main medical interventions for village elders. Children attend school in their village through what is comparable to 6th grade.