Nutrition: The position in English to-day
1936-11 1936 1930s 15 pages nutrition in years gone by? Were the last twenty years of the last century, and the first fourteen of this, years of plenty? Has the nutritional state of the people been a matter for anxiety only since the War? The answer to these very reasonable questions is, that there...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : Industrial Christian Fellowship
November 1936
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| Summary: | 1936-11
1936
1930s
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nutrition in years gone by? Were the last twenty years of the last century, and the first fourteen of this, years of plenty? Has the nutritional state of the people been a matter for anxiety only since the War? The answer to these very reasonable questions is, that there has been a nutritional problem in England ever since the commencement of the industrialisation of the country, but the advance of nutritional knowledge during recent years has enabled us to see the problem in a proper light. Though the conditions as to nutrition in England are, at the present time, far from satisfactory, they are considerably better than in certain other countries. Poland and Austria are in much worse plight than we are nutritionally, but it is only natural that we, as a people, should be primarily concerned with the condition of our own nationals. In the past, lack of proper food, short of actual famine, was regarded as unfortunate but not necessarily seriously harmful. The sufferings of the poor due to under and wrong feeding were viewed fatalistically as unfortunate but unpreventable. What is the position in regard to nutrition in Great Britain to-day? It is unsatisfactory. Food is a necessity for the continuation of human life. Food is required for the provision of energy to the muscles, for the growth of the bodies of infants and children, for the repair and maintenance of the tissues, and for the bodily powers which enable us to resist many infections and diseases. Now it is obvious that these multifarious uses to which the body puts food are of a complicated nature, and that a great variety of substances must be eaten to supply all the varied needs of the body. The growing infant requires the necessary building materials to manufacture the bones and teeth, 5
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