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'their respective counties. Tliey have acted as local leaders in that the 

 Specialist has met with them two detinite times during the year and dis- 

 cussed Michigan nutrition problems. They liave helped in introducing 

 the school nutrition series in their respective counties. 



The 'Specialist 'has given in all 105 lectures to club organizations with 

 a total attendance of 7,732; and .34 lectures at community meetings Avith 

 a total attendance of 995. While there has been no detinite means of 

 tabulating results from return visits, letters, etc., the Department knows 

 that many suggestions were adopted. There were forty lectures given 

 school children with a total attendance of 2,390. 



During the winter of 1921-1922, a consecutive series of nine lectures 

 were held in Barry county. There was no method devised of definitely 

 tabulating results of those meetings. Training classes for local leaders 

 have been conducted in Menominee county, Kalamazoo county and AVayne 

 county. Such meetings number in all thirteen, with a total attendance of 

 386. In Menominee county the effort was simply that of having the women 

 return to their respective communities giving a report of the meeting. 

 This w^as done. In the Kalamazoo county meetings, xJ^'e-^^^hool child 

 home cards and school child home cards Avere distributed and each 

 local leader agreed to make a consistent effort to establish home dem- 

 onstrations through them. Time has not yet elapsed to get the data 

 from these demonstrations. 



Eeports for the school year 1921-22 of the school nutrition series is 

 as follows : 



The School Nutrition Series has reached in part or in whole, 14 counties, 

 1,941 schools and 44,643 children. Since the Series has been introduced 

 during the entire school year, it has been impossible to complete it in 

 every instance. The results stand as follows : 



Children having formed daily milk drinking habit for one month . . 52% 

 Children having formed daily big breakfast 'habit for one montb. , 81% 

 Children having formed daily haliit of eating vegetables other than 



potatoes for one month 59% 



Children having formed daily habit of sleeping at least ten hours 



for one month , 46% 



Children having formed daily habit of not eating knick-knacks be- 

 tween meals 30% 



Children having formed daily habit of brushing teeth before going 



to bed ". 41% 



Children having foi'med daily habit of eating a good serving of 



fruit 43% 



Children having formed daily habit of eating a l)ig breakfast, big 



dinner, big supper 44'% 



