I. II 1 1 1 1. - 



this objection another method, which we may call 1 1 1 « - statistical, is avail- 

 able. It consists in baking the average diel of a Large number of indi- 

 viduals and comparing the calorie value with the average amounl ;m<l 

 type of work that they are meanwhile called upon to perform, and can 

 besl be used where the <liet is accurately known, as in public institu- 

 tions, the army, the oavy, etc. The total food supplied is then divided 

 by thf number of individuals, this giving the per capita consumption. 

 Obviously Borne gel more than others, bu1 when a sufficient number of 

 individuals is included, such errors become eliminated by the [aw of 

 averages. 



The reliability of this method is testified to by the remarkable cor 



spondei in the calorie value of the )'<><><1 consumed by farmers in widely 



differenl communities: 



Farmers in Connecticut 3,410 



" '• Vermont 3,635 



" " New York 3,785 



" •' Ctaly 3,565 



" Finland 3,474 



Average 3,551* 



*I.usk: The Fundamental P.asis of Nutrition. 



The average inhabitant of various citi 



I. ■ don 2,1 



Paris 2,903 



ich 3,01 I 



Konigsberg 2,394** 



>*Rubn< r. 



lividuals in differenl callii _ 



V-.n- families Q.8 \ 3.£ 



Mi ■ ■' : ni - - families | I'.s.A ::.■ 



Proi 1 men's families [J.S. \ 



Am; l B.A.) 3,851 



\ U.B.A 1,9981 



' -water. 



In _ ■ . i' is usually computed that a man 



weigh] in caloi 



2,500 for a Bedentarv li' 



t'iir light muscular work, 



3,500 for medium muscular work, 

 I. ecu and upward ery liar.l toil.} 



: McKillop. 



These figures apply to the average man, hut in calculating the calorie 

 requirements of a family or ;i community we must make allowai 

 the lesser requirements of women and children. Several dietitians h. 



compiled tables showing how many calories are expended a< rding I 



age and Bex, and the German authorities hav< tlv taken these figu 



and from them calculated a generalized mean, which shows in eomparis 



