MAN’S DIET
INTERESTING STATEMENT OF REQUIREMENTS.
tilted Press Association—By Elect i. Tel egra ph —Copyri ?h t (Received May 16, 7.50 p.m. ) LONDON, May 16
A joint committee of the Ministry of Health and the British Medical Association reports that the minimum diet a man engaged in heavy work should be based on 3,400 to 4.000 calories per day. Women, in active work, 2,800 to 3,000.
The all round average requirements of the entire population or the large mixed groups of people is at present about 3,000.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19801, 17 May 1934, Page 9
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87MAN’S DIET Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19801, 17 May 1934, Page 9
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