Show That Body of Y Yours By JAMES JA W BARTON DARTON iM M 1 D I 1 I I I Food and Mental and Physical Work SURING G D UnI G the odd orld orM orMar war ar nations found It necessary r to conserve e their food resources and expert meats ments were conducted to learn just how much food an nD Individual need cd to do his mental and aDd ph phi work ork proper The Nutrition laboratory of the Carnegie Institution conducted e ee which gave gate very interest interestIng InterestIng Ing Information Balanced or all round rounel diets were used One squad of ten sub subjects received calories heat units of ot food dally the other only 1 calories through a period or of ort t two 0 months Mental addition sho showed shoed ed the full ration squad to gain through practice double doble their accuracy In the first month while the reduced ra squad had Increased their ac only halt half at the end of ot two months The reduced ration squad also made 50 fiO per cent more errors than the full ration squad at the end of ot the second month Similar differences In memory ap appeared appeared bet between een the tl two 0 squads but the reduced ration squad actually 1 sent hick back In the tho memory test during the course of or the second month Using the tuning fork tork and also sensitiveness eness to electric currents sho showed shoed ed the reduced ration squad had gone backward In commenting on these brain tests Dr Donald Donall C Colgate university believes that It Is the better general physical condition or of orthe the full ration squad that gives gl es them the superiority rather than any real damage to the brain ot of the reduced ration squad w hat about the physical or body tests In a steadiness test made by tracing with a pencil between bet een two parallel lines the squad on reduced rations not only oDly made more mis mistakes takes but sho showed ell less Improvement In two months practice than the tho full ration squad did In the fir first firt t month Strength of or grip grap was decreased 8 per cent by the reduced diet the left hand haDIl being more affected than the tho right Speed of ot eye eie e e movement was 1 as re reduced 5 per cent In the reduced diet group ringer rIDger movement was also a I 0 reduced re reduced In ID the reduced diet let group 1 hat V hat do these teach us They teach us that the body can adjust Itself so that life lite Is not en endangered hy by the reduced diet but It cm can readily be seen that mental and physical ability arc are certainly lessened Physical Examination at School YOU HOU may have a youngster start in oft off to school for tor the first time It If you have hate sent other chit then dren to school you are arc acquainted with some of ot the regulations and have learned that these regulations hl have e all been adopted to help your our child If It ho hoe however e eer er this Is tho the first time you OU have base sent a youngster to school try tt y to remember that regula regulations are for the goo good II of ot the majority One of ot the regulations Is that tha t your child chillI must mut be e examined by a nurse doctors and dentist Instead ot of becoming Indignant labout about this because you iou OU ha e have hind your our child under the care of ot a achild child Childs s specialist be wise Iso enough to take advantage of ot these t I dons by those who see and examine your child chilli from a different stand standpoint standpoint tand point than that of or the specialist t hale food Is the most Important point In the health and aDd safety of children eD and our children s a specialists save thousands of ot Ih lives es yearly early there Is the general physIque or structure of ot the child the way ay It stands or sits Its walk wilk the straightness of or the spine the con of ot the teeth as to straight straightness straightness straightness ness the presence of ot little cavities In the teeth the shape of ot the mouth and face the condition of the nose and throat and many other things about youngsters that school nurses dentists and aDd doctors havo o learned In their experience 1 with Ith thousands ot of children I The he very fact that you object to this complete e examination which means th the remo removal al of ot the child s clothing so tint that the hick back and aDd spine may be examined will 11 get our youngster oft orr on the wrong foot at school lie may get the ides Ide I that he should have huye a n little different tre treatment at school than thaD that given to other youngsters and und may have h ve trouble adjusting himself to theother the theother theother other youngsters nd as al you ion OU know v It Is this ad Justin of ot children to regulation to the rights and privileges of ot other tint that keeps them from be- be be odd odd and possible mental cases In the future Instead of ot objecting to It It make sure that your child gets this examination Copyright IS NU |