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REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



mated by the use of the coefficients of digestibility assumed from the 

 results of digestion experiments. The fuel value represents the amount 

 of energy of the food that is available to the body. The table also 

 includes the dietary standards that have been proposed, taking into 

 consideration both the data obtained in dietary studies and the results 

 of physiological experiments. 



Summarized results of dietary studies in the United States. 

 [Quantities per man per day.] 



Persons with active work. 



Rowing clubs in New England 



Bicyclists in New York 



Football teams in Connecticut and Cali- 

 fornia 



Persons with ordinary work. 



Farmers' families 



Mechanics' families 



Laborers' families in large cities 



Laborers' families in more comfortable 

 circumstances 



Professional men. 



Lawyers, teachers, etc 

 College clubs 



Men with little or no exercise. 



Men in respiration calorimeter 



Persons in destitute circumstances. 



Poor families in New York City 



Laborers' families in Pittsburg, Pa. 



Miscellaneous. 



Negro families in Alabama 



Negro families in Virginia 



Italian families in Chicago 



French Canadians in Chicago 



Bohemian families in Chicago 



Inhabitants of Java Village, Columbian 



Exposition, 1893 



Russian Jews in Chicago 



Mexican families in New Mexico 



Chinese dentist in California 



Chinese laundrymen in California 



Chinese farm laborers in California 



Fruitarians 



Dietary standards. 



Man with very hard muscular work 



(Atwater) , 



Man with hard muscular work (Atwater), 

 Man with moderately active muscular 



work (Atwater | 



Man with light to moderate muscular 



work ( Atwater) 



Man at "sedentary" or woman with 



moderately active work (Atwater) 



Woman at light to moderate muscular 



work (Atwater) 



on 



II 



C S3 



Actually eaten. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Grms. 

 155 

 186 



226 



97 

 103 

 101 



120 



104 

 107 



112 



98 



62 

 109 

 103 

 118 

 115 



66 

 137 



94 

 115 

 135 

 144 



50 



175 

 150 



125 



112 



100 



90 



Fat. 



Grms. 

 177 

 186 



351 



180 



150 

 116 



147 



125 

 148 



Digestible. 



132 

 159 

 111 

 158 

 101 



19 

 103 



71 

 113 



76 



95 

 102 



( a ) 

 ( a ) 



( a ) 



( a ) 



(a) 

 ( a ) 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates. 



Pro- 

 tein. 



Grams 

 440 

 651 



634 



467 

 402 

 344 



534 



423 

 459 



305 



407 

 308 



436 

 444 

 391 

 345 

 360 



254 

 418 

 613 

 289 

 566 

 640 

 237 



( a ) 



w 



(*) 



(*) 

 (•) 

 (•) 



Grms. 

 143 

 171 



208 



110 



Fat, 



lie, 



108 



57 

 100 



95 

 109 

 106 



61 

 126 



86 

 106 

 124 

 132 



43 



161 

 138 



115 



103 



92 



83 



Grms. 

 168 

 177 



336 



124 

 143 

 110 



140 



119 

 141 



76 



125 

 151 

 105 

 150 

 96 



18 

 98 

 67 

 107 

 72 

 90 

 92 



ft 



( a ) 

 (•) 



( a ) 

 ( a ) 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates. 



Grams. 

 427 

 631 



615 



453 

 390 

 334 



518 



Fuel 

 value. 



410 

 445 



296 



395 

 299 



423 

 342 

 379 

 335 

 349 



246 

 405 

 595 

 281 

 549 

 621 

 225 



( a ) 

 ( a ) 



(•) 



( a ) 



(a) 



(*) 



Calo- 

 ries. 

 3,955 

 5,005 



6,590 



3,415 

 3,355 

 2,810 



3,925 



3,220 

 3,580 



2,845 

 2,400 



3, 165 

 3,625 

 2, 965 

 3,260 

 2,800 



1,450 

 3,135 

 3,460 

 2, 620 

 3,480 

 3, 98U 

 2. 055 



5, 500 

 4,150 



3,400 



3,050 



2,700 



2,450 



"Fats and carbohydrates in sufficient amounts to furnish, together with the protein, the indicated 

 amount of energy. 



