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Table 7. — Weiahtif <iiid cot^t of food and mdrieutx in dietan/ Ktudii No. 6u — Continued. 



1hc cost of the diet, 9 A cents per woman per day, was just within 

 the limit set, but the quantities of nutrients and energy (75 g-rams of 

 protein and 2,243 calories) were somewhat smaller than was intended. 

 In planning the menu for the first three days, which was done before 

 the experiment began, special effort was made to provide a diet which 

 would furnish for persons occupied as these were sufficient nutrients 

 and energy, according to the commonly accepted American dietary 

 standard, namely, 90 grams of protein and 2,450 calories of energy 

 per day for a woman at light to moderate work. In arranging the 

 menus for the last three days, which were not in the original plan, 

 time was lacking to make as careful estimates of the quantities of nutri- 

 ents and energy in the diet provided, and in consequence the actual 

 nutritive value of the food consumed during the latter part of the 

 study, especially as regards carbohydrates and energy, was somewhat 

 smaller than during the first half; so that the average per woman per 

 day for the whole six days was slightly lower than it was desired to 

 have it, and lower than it need have been if the decision to carry on 

 the experiment for six days had been made in time to calculate the 

 entire ration more carefuUv. 



The low co.st of the diet in this experiment was made possible by the 

 selection of simple and inexpen.sive food materials and by reducing the 

 quantities of some foods commonly used rather abundantly, as meat 

 and butter. The plan was. as already explained, to provide generously 

 of the less expensive but nutritious materials, and to include only enough 

 of the more expensive, but not more nutritious articles, to give vari- 

 ety. Most of the students felt quite .satisfied with the food. The 

 curtailino- of the amount of butter served at the table was considered 

 the greatest deprivation: a small pat. a1)out half the customary size, 



