
124 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
STUDIES OF DIETARIES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS 
AND OF MEMBERS OF FAMILIES OF 
PROFESSIONAL MEN. 
REPORTED BY W. O. ATWATER AND R. D. MILNER. 

As an important part of a more general inquiry into the 
subject of food economy, the Station has made studies of die- 
taries in order to obtain information concerning the dietary 
customs and actual food consumption of people in different 
localities and conditions of living. Such information, taken in 
connection with the composition, digestibility, and actual nutri- 
tive value of faod materials, as discussed to some extent on 
preceding pages of this Report,* and the fundamental laws of 
nutrition, as revealed by experimental inquiries such as those 
made by the Station with men, and to be made, as it is hoped, 
with animals, in the Respiration Calorimeter, will gradually 
make it possible to point out the more common dietary errors, 
and to suggest methods of improvement to the advantage of 
both health and purse. 3 
Although the number of dietary studies already made is 
quite large the results emphasize the importance of continued 
research along these lines. Fortunately, the interest of public 
and private institutions in the subject is increasing, and inquir- 
ies are now being made in different parts of the country by 
experiment stations, colleges, and various organizations, as 
well as by private individuals, both in codperation with the 
United States Department of Agriculture and independently, 
so that the much needed information is accumulating more 
rapidly than would otherwise be possible. 
In previous Reports of the Station accounts of forty-seven 
dietary studies have been given, comprising ten of farmers’ 
families, nine of mechanics’ families, nine of professional men’s 
families, five of students’ boarding clubs, and fourteen miscel- 
laneous studies. In the present Report details are given of 
nine additional studies, including two made in the Connecticut 
Hospital for the Insane, five of dietaries of individual college 
students, one of an individual professional man, and one of a 

* See pages 69-123. 

