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Show Utah Children Nesd More Meat in Diet lack of sufficient meaT. in the diet of Utah children is resulting in poor physical development and stunted growth, Miss Elna Miller, extension nutritionist at the Utah State Agricultural college, states. School children examined in Utah have a lack of protein in their diet, health inspectors report. re-port. Meat is one of the most valuable val-uable sources of protein, Miss Miller, Mil-ler, states, as it is much more efficiently worked into the body tissue than protein of vegetable origin. A daily serving of from one-fourth one-fourth to one-third pound of fresh meat is required by the average individual. Because it is a source of iron which is essential for the health of the blood. Liver, heart, and kidneys, are extremely high in Vitamin A and contain more iron than the muscle mus-cle part of the animal, Miss Miller Mil-ler explains. A sufficient amount of Vitamin A is necessary because it protects the mucous membrane tissue of the body and prevents night blindness. Pork is extremely high in thiamin thia-min which is necessary for a normal appetite, and the health of the nervous system. Poultry and fish are important as meats as they are a high source of valuable protein. Fish imported from the sea coast regions contain con-tain iodine of which there is a deficiency in Utah Cticrw. Other fish coming from inland streams contain practically no iodine how. ever, Miss Miller emphasized. The cost of the meat could very easily be reduced if farmers were to produce more of the meat they eat and use the cheaper cuts of meat which contain just as much food value as the more expensive ex-pensive ones, more extensively. Miss Miller concludes. |