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1. Wnet is the meee Soames strtus in the
United States? . :

ae “Forty-five. ai thiom Of our. 130s 000 5 O00. pie
people are underfed.

b. Preliminary statistical reports on
causes for rejection due to physical defects of
applicants for enlistment into the regulsr army |
-of the United States show 32.5 per cent applics nts
were rejected for failure to meet physical require-
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The, five major cause and their per. cet: of total rejections Weres.

+ Teeth ~ 25 pie eal a Fre — ee ee
oy, Gee Byes Sper B68b eee er < ced atom:
» .. 3 Height and. weight - a Paws ena eit see tates b
“Dh Z. Feet ~- 10 per cent otek os
5. Eers ~ i0 per cent.

 

These figures are significant in a nutrition program for two reasons
First, the high percentage of rejections for physical defects ‘indicstes a
need for messures to better preserve the health of American youth. Second

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the defects that showed up most Fomecphte ere sopantent to a great extent}

upon adequate nutrition. . ibis it tohfcaco ot F

- Records of Cs C.C. enroliers show thet, in admittance, ebout
710 per ieuhi che below the army height-weizht, standard, and 40 per cent ar
below the army minimum weight=for-height requirement.

d. Deily, 4,500,000 Americans are incapacitated by illness. An
eminent authority of: the United States Public Health Service says, "Nutri

tional diseases in all probability constitute our greatest medical problen
not from the standpoint of eens but from ‘the point of view of disability

and economic loss."
“-e, About one-fourth of the familiés in the United States heve
diets that could’ be rated good. More than one-thirc have diets thet could

be rated ot and mareyer eueethare or more have diets that are poor.

   
  
 
 
       
 
  
   
  

 

 

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