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Show COUNTY AGENT GIVES "EATING" HINTS The usual American custom of three meals a day is not necessarily neces-sarily the best eating schedule. Some people, often the elderly, feel better if they eat more frequently fre-quently but less at a time. They may prefer to divide their daily fare into four or five meals instead in-stead of three. Or some food may be saved out for snacks between be-tween meals or at bedtime. Many people find that warm milk at bedtime is an aid to restful sleep. But older people who eat frequently fre-quently need to guard against two hazards: (1) Filling up on toast and tea or cake and coffee so they lack appetites for milk, fruit, vegetables and other needed need-ed food, or (2) overeating too many calories with consequent overweight. Growing children, active workers work-ers and underweights a'so may benefit by well-planned, between meals snacks. They often need more food than they can ake comfortably at a meal. For them a light fill-in midway between their regular "three squares" protects against fatigue or getting get-ting too hungry before meals. To give children nourishment for active play after school without spoiling appetites for ! supper, a glass of milk, a sand-1 sand-1 wich, fruit, or a hard cooked egg J is suggested. |