“…Some doing very heavy work even four times the energy value of the ration. It is clear then that if the sedentary workers are to carry out the Food Controller's instructions and eat less than the ration of bread, and manual workers are to keep as close to the ration as possible, large amounts of other foods must be eaten. …”

“…1917-10 1917 1910s 12 pages 11 under the erroneous impression that the 4-lb. ration was directly applicable to adults instead of to a mixed population. …”

“…† There is evidence that the workers in Germany are not getting more than this value in their ration, and the remainder of the civil population considerably less, receiving, in fact, a ration which has not been regarded hitherto as sufficient for maintenance. 127/NU/5/5/1/1…”

“…(b) The hostel was visited personally and the amounts of all the most important constituents of the menu actually eaten by a large number of persons were weighed ; the average daily ration consumed per person was calculated from these data, and then samples of the foodstuffs were analysed as above. 127/NU/5/5/1/1…”

“…Excess food either passes into useless adipose tissue (fat) or is imperfectly utilised and impairs the digestion and efficiency. 14. The voluntary ration* recommended to the nation by the Food Controller set the fashion for substituting bread and to less extent meat by other foods. …”

“…Taking the voluntary ration of 4 lbs. for a mixed population, i.e., 4/0.77 or 5-lbs. 3-ozs. for an adult population (assuming that the man equivalent of the mixed civilian population is 0.77), this is only exceeded in five cases, while some fall far short of it. …”