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Show Protein Foods For Children Everything that meat has that children need in their diet fortunately fortun-ately is available in other foods that are more plentiful, nutritionists nutrition-ists for the Children's Bureau, U.S. I Department of Labor, assure nioth- ers who are having difficulty finding find-ing meat, the Department said. Used in the right combination, the foods will supply meat nutrients, chief of which is high-quality protein. pro-tein. Ror instance, the protein found in liver sausage, franfurters, tongue and canned luncheon meat, which are more likely to be available avail-able than other kinds of meat, compares favorably with that found in a prime rib roast. If, however, the butcher's counter coun-ter is bare, other foods can be counted on to supply the protein a child needs, in the following ways-The ways-The quart of milk a day .that many children have suppplies all the prolein needed during the first year, of life; three-fourths of the needs for children between 1 and 3 years of age . . and at least halt the needs for those up to the age of 13 years. All kinds of cheese, including in-cluding cottnge cheese, .are relatively rela-tively concentrated sources of high grade protein. Each egg that goes into the daily meals suppplies protein. pro-tein. Fish is on a par with meat as to quantity and quality of protein. Dried beans and peas supply e-nough e-nough protein so that they can be used now and then in place of meat. |