MALNUTRITION AND HEALTH

Greymouth Evening Star, 24 July 1936, Page 7

MALNUTRITION AND HEALTH

LEAGUE COMMITTEE’S REPORT

(BY CARLE —PRESS ASSN. — COPYRIGHT.]

(Recd. July 24, 1 p.m.) LONDON, July 23.

The League of Nations Committee appointed to investigate Mr. Bruce’s nutrition scheme, in an interim report 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 a widespread cause of material and infant mortality, and is one of the main causes of the high proportion of rejected military recruits. In many countries, the average diet in the low-er-income groups is inadequate for good health. The report recommends a diet including meat, fish, milk, eggs, cheese, butter, fresh green vegetables, fruit, and potatoes. It stresses the outstanding value of milk, and urges the use of less highly-milled cereals, and advises a lower consumption of sugar. It 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; provision to meet the nutrition needs of the lower-income sections of the population, and a reduction in the prices of protective foods, in order to bring them within the reach of all classes of the community.