Cache Valley Clarion | 1941-11-27 | Page 1 | Hot Lunches Aid Children

o w Hot Lunches Aid Children Mrs. Clara Howard, Preston school nurse, says that the school lunch program is definitely helping children who are under weight get up to normal. Mrs, Howard kept records on two groups of children, over a six months' period last year-These year-These groups were practically equal in every respect except that the first group ate a hot lunch at the school cafeteria most of the time, whereas, the second group ate a cold lunch brought from home most of the time. At the end of the six mouths' period the first or hot lunch group bad made an average gain of 4.44 pounds. The second or cold lunch group hud made an average gain or 3.bG pounds. o , o