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IV. Comparison of Present Results with other 
Similar Dietary Studies. 
These results may be compared with the diet of the poorer 
labouring classes in Britain. The rural diets were compiled from 
the Board of Trade returns ; the urban are the result of the 
investigations already referred to. 
Rural Diets (grammes per man per day). 
England 
(Eastern 
Counties). 
Scotland 
(Northern 
Counties). 
Ireland. 
Proteids 
100 
124 
98 
Fats .... 
76 
81 
57 
Carbohydrates 
578 
570 
586 
Calories .... 
3480 
3601 
3337 
Urban Diets. 
Edinburgh 
(Noel Paton 
and others). 
York 
(Rowntree). 
Dublin 
(Lumsden). 
Proteids 
107 
89 
98 
Fats .... 
88 
80 
90 
Carbohydrates 
479 
386 
468 
Calories .... 
3228 
2685 
3107 
There is greater interest, however, in a comparison with the 
dietary of students in other countries. A number of studies have 
been made in America and in Japan. 
Atwater and Bryant* have tabulated the diet of American 
university boat crews in training, and give as the average of six 
studies of crews and one individual study of a captain the following 
figures: proteid, 155 grammes; fat, 177; carbohydrate, 440; 
Calories, 4085 per man per day. 
Other college athletes’ results are : — College football team, 
Connecticut ( Connecticut Storrs Station Report , 1891) : proteid, 
181 grammes; fat, 292 grammes; carbohydrate, 577; Calories, 
5740, and a Californian college football team (“Nutrition 
* Bulletin 75, U.S. Department of Agriculture, “Dietary Study of Uni- 
versity Boat Crews.” 
