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f.n adequate diet. The greater the number of malnourished infants and 

 toddlers, the smaller proportionately, and perhaps absolutely, will be 

 the eventual number of those qualihed to carry out the more sophisti- 

 cated tasks of economic development. This is a discouraging prospect 

 for the developing countries, and for the United States and other de- 

 veloped countries which seek to assist them. 



