MILK AND THE MAORI
The nutritional value of milk as a regular ration was demonstrated in valuable experiments carried out at the Hiruharama Native School. The East Cape Health Officer reports : “The headteacher of the school and the Maoris are so pleased with the result of the experiment that they propose to put the milk feeding on an annual permanent basis. They intend to provide milk at school during the winter term each year. The milk rationing resulted not only in physical improvement, judged by gain in height and weight and by improved resistence to disease, but also in improved mental alertness noted by the teachers and seemingly corroborated by mental tests. The milk ration given regularly supplies missing constituents of the family dietary. The Maori diet is excessively carbohydrate. Milk may supply deficient protein, minerals and vitamines. However this may be," it is. certain that milk has a very high nutritive value.”
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Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 1, 9 October 1931, Page 3
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153MILK AND THE MAORI Northland Age, Volume 1, Issue 1, 9 October 1931, Page 3
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