IMPROVED DIET
REQUIRED IN BRITAIN. OPINION OF AUTHORITY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received September 11, 11.25 a.in. LONDON, Sept. 10. Addressing the British Association on the economies of diet. Sir John Orr, the dietitian, emphasised the necessity for improving diet throughout Britain, which is interesting in view of the Australian nutrition campaign. Sir John Orr explained that Britain could spend £200,000,000 more yearly on food. Only families in which the weekly income averaged 20s per head enjoyed a diet adequate for maintaining health on modern standards. He estimated that there were twenty millions below that economic level. Raising their diet to the required standaid would involve a 10 per cent, increase in consumption. Sir John Orr added that the making of agriculture prosperous was helping the expansion of one of the most profitable methods of increasing national prosperitv, as the farmers’ money immediately flowed into the towns. It stin.u-ated industry and reduced unemployment. ______
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 243, 11 September 1935, Page 8
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154IMPROVED DIET Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 243, 11 September 1935, Page 8
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