Diet for children / by Cecil Webb-Johnson.

  • Webb-Johnson, Cecil, 1879-1930.
Date:
[1924]
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Credit: Diet for children / by Cecil Webb-Johnson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the schoolboy ate too much, but did not eat the best articles of diet, would have topped the poll. One of the first letters of importance to appear was one from Dr. Robert Hutchison, a consultant physician of the London Hospital, and a well-known authority on Dietetics. He wrote : To the Editor of “ The Times.” Sir,—As a remark of mine made at a con¬ ference on this subject some years ago has been referred to in connexion with the present discussion I may, perhaps, be permitted to point out that the scientific principles which underlie the successful feeding of schoolboys are not open to dispute. It is agreed amongst physiologists that the adolescent between the ages of 13 and 20 requires a relatively larger supply of energy than at any other period of life, the amount being generally given as 3000 utilizable calories daily, which is equal to the requirements of an average full-grown man doing a moderate amount of muscular work. Some authorities put the amount even higher than this. The bulk of this energy is derived from the sugars, starches, and fats of the diet, and it follows