WAR-TIME DIET IN BRITAIN

Southland Times, Issue 25347, 26 April 1944, Page 5

WAR-TIME DIET IN BRITAIN

Comparison With American And Canadian (8.0.W.) RUGBY, April 24. The food supplies reaching the average British citizen are less than those available to the average United States or Canadian citizen, reported the Com-, bined Food Board today, and they are just sufficient to maintain health and working efficiency. The period of greatest food shortage was reached in the first half of 1941, when supplies moving into civilian con- , sumption were at a dangerously low level and general health and working efficiency showed definite signs of im-' pairment. An improvement resulted in the second half of 1941, when LendLease supplies began reaching British consumers. The average supplies of most foods, which consumers prefer, notably meats, poultry, eggs, butter, sugar and fruit are now considerably lower in Britain than in the United States and Canada. To offset the difference there has been an increase in British consumption of grain products, vegetables, potatoes and dairy products. On the whole the British diet is less attractive, less varied, and less convenient to prepare than the Canadian and American diets. .