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into this computation. These results explain the ravenous 

 appetite of boys. Lack of appreciation of this factor and lack 

 of provision for it are the probable causes of much of the under- 

 nutrition seen in children of the school age. 



TABLE VI 

 Table Showing the Nutrition Conditions at a School Containing 355 Boys 



The Upper School 



The School 



The Lower School 



FOOD 



IN PER 



CENT OF 



BASAL 



per cent 



274 

 295 

 300 



The distribution of the fuel values among the various more 

 common articles taken as food at the school is shown in the 

 following table : 



TABLE VII 



Percentage Distribution of the Calories Ingested at a Boys' Boarding 



School 



Bacon 



Beef 



Bread and flour 



Butter 



Cream 



Eggs 



Fowl 



Lamb 



Milk 



Pork loins . . 



Potatoes 



Sugar 



Other items 



Per cent 



5.3 

 12. Q 



1.1 



5.9 

 11.6 

 24.5 



It is interesting that twelve dietary items yield 75 per cent of 

 the fuel value, and that 181 other varieties yield the remaining 

 25 per cent. Bread, butter, milk, and sugar together yield 50 

 per cent of the food fuel. 



According to the German minimum allowance an average 

 family of five (father, mother, and three children) would re- 

 quire 11,400 calories in food daily. If the family's dietary were 

 based proportionately upon that of the boy's school, it would 

 cost as follows (table VIII), provided its food supplies were pur- 

 chased on Second Avenue, New York City: 



