IMPORTANCE DIET

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23279, 15 August 1945, Page 4

IMPORTANCE DIET

Mob’le Health Un. Display In Bay Hall . Seventy-two tons of shipping spac i wfs required to transport io Timaru I r he equipment for th? Mobile Health } Unit now cn exhibition at th? Caroline i Bay Hall. I The exhibition, under th? direction | of the Health Departure,, is divided into various bays illustrating the imi portance of nutrition, dental cr.rr. : hygiene, vegetable growing and fruit i preserving. The aim of the exhibition • is to show the value of a balanced diei I in the health of the people. ; A good deal of space is devoted to I the care of children. A special bay I deals with the preparation of school ' lunches. They should be appetising. : varied frequently, each type of food b? ‘ wrapped separately, and little surprises planned. Another display reveals that i many children are improperly fed. and in consequence suffer from geitre. flat feet, round shoulders, stunted growth ! and other evidences cf imperfect ' health. Parents have the responsibility 1 of training their children in good food i habits in order that the fuel they put 1 into their bodies in the form of food j will serve them well during a leng and I useful life. The meal table should be i regarded also as a place fcr training I in good manners and behaviour. ■ A special section is given ever to preven Ton of accidents in th? home. It lis stated that children’s wards are i rarely without their patients suffering | from scalds and burns received in th' i kitchen, dining room, or sitting room Importance of A*ilk i Ccnsid:iao*e space is occupied wi.. • oi milK in a ban ..ccd ci.. i B. d teeth are partly due to lack o. : milk, which may also i« ad to riCA.2i. ' ana oune mahormation Pc.s eurisat»j.. •is emphasised and mnk must be aosoiUvtiy clean and germ-iree. "Milk is the master-key to health is tht slogan. Liood footwear is also emphas-SvM I Most foul troubles star, in chiidhout j when the feet are sett and growing am. I are easily forc’d out of shape Of th | young girls in New Zealand s Armec Forces 62 in every 100 suffered iron lauits of the main arch oi the loot. 4*. I from faults uf the metatarsal arch anc I 57 had bunions. Foot defects mad | th'usands of nun useless io the Army In another bay it is Stated that New Zealand is a Class 111 nation. Cnitdiea - teeth are nearly always badly d ca. ct i before they go to school. Decaycc ; teeth and pyorrhoea go hand in hanc. j with digestive troubles, chrome con- ; stipation. tonsils, rheumatic condition ! and heart trouble. Vegetable Growing If we walit good food, then wc mu. I have good soil to grow it in,” is th- > motto cf the vegeiaole-giow.ng secliun I It illustrates the need for a knuwT.dgi I of son preparation and an appreciation i of what is meant by s; il fertility, als : the time wnen seeds should b? sown or plants set cut in the garden so thai i supplies ol fresh vegetables may b' available when required. One oi the m st interesting exhibits i is that cf preserved irul’s arranged b\ 'rhe Wcmeas Institutes and rhe 1 Womens Div.sicn of the Farmers’ i Union.