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Table 35 of the Appendix shows the total amounts of food provided, 

 eaten, and rejected, and the following table summarizes the computed 

 amounts of nutrients and energy per man per day in the food eaten 

 and rejected: 



Table 25. — Nutrients and energy in food eaten and wasted in dietary study No. 385. 



[Quantities per man per day.] 



The food consumption, 1(>5 grams of protein and 2,964 calories of 

 cnerg}^ per man per da}^, was believed to be entirely adequate to the 

 physiological demands of the patients. There was ample opportunity 

 for the men to eat more had they so desired, because the amounts pro- 

 vided were abundant, as was shown by the fact that considerable food 

 was returned to the kitchen after the men were served. 



The proportions of food rejected by these patients was the minimum 

 for the studies here reported, being but 5 per cent of the total food 

 provided, and containing only 5 per cent of the total protein and 

 of the energ}' in the food served. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 386— MALE PATIENTS, aUIET, CHRONIC. 



This stud}' was made with about 30 male patients occupying Gartield 

 second ward, of about the same class and under practically the same 

 conditions as those in the two preceding studies (Nos. 384 and 385). 

 The menu served was the same. The total number of meals served 

 was 616, equivalent to 1 man for 205 days. 



Table 35 of the Appendix contains the data regarding food provided, 

 returned, eaten, and rejected during the stud}'. Table 26 shows the 

 calculated amounts of nutrients and energy per man per da}^ contained 

 in the food eaten and rejected. 

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