MALNUTRITION.
WORLD PROBLEM.
League of Nations Committee
Reports,
BELOW HEALTH STANDARD. United Tress Association.—Copyright. (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, July 23. The League of Nations committee appointed to investigate Mr. S. M. Bruee's nutrition scheme, has presented an interim report which emphasises the widespread incidence of malnutrition. It adds that in no country does the whole population attain the standard desirable in the interests of health.
Malnutrition is widespread and the cause of maternal and infant mortality. One of the main causes for the high proportion of rejected military recruits in many countries is that the average diet in the lower income groups is inadequate for good health.
The report recommends a diet including meat, iish, milk, eggs, cheese, butter, fresh green vegetables, fruit and potatoes, and stresses the outstanding value of milk.
It urges the use of less highly-milled cereals, and advises lower consumption of sugar. It also recommends the education of doctors, nurses and the public in the principles of nutrition, the provision of adequate supplies of food to mothers, infants, children and adolescents, the provision to meet the nutrition needs of lower-income sections of the population, reduction of prices on protective foods in order to bring them within the reach of all classes of the community.
The committee which has reported was the Special Health Sub-committee of the League, set up as a result of Mr. Bruce's motion urging the various Governments to examine practical means of securing an increased consumption of foods and inviting the League Council to instruct its technical organisations to collect information on measures taken by various countries for improved nutrition through increased consumption of food. Mr. Bruce argued that specified diseases could be eliminated by greater consumption of certain foodstuffs. He added that unless the people were given the benefit of science a social upheaval was inevitable.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 174, 24 July 1936, Page 7
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