Massachusetts 

 Agricultural Experiment Station 



Bulletin No. 241 March, 1928 



The Food Consumption of Rural 



School Children 



in Relation to Their Health 



By Esther S. Davies 



A field study of two Massachusetts rural towns was nlade in 1927, to 

 ascertain what relationship, if any, could be demonstrated between the 

 dietary habits of children of elementary school age and their state of 

 health. The investigation included visits to the homes of the children, 

 inspection of school lunches, and dental and medical examinations. The 

 conditions which were found and their relations to the health of the child- 

 ren are described in this bulletin. 



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