Show to the mother of an underweight child report on the weight of school hildren children are now being beine sent bent to ll 11 the tai homes by I 1 the be ech schools an e effon art is i being beine made to get eh ch adren in terea ted in n their that own growth ano nutrition and to find out which children are definitely under nourished it is desirable that par cots know more about just juat what the schools are I 1 to ing to do and oil the significance to b be a attached to so eer tous lous under weight there has been worked out table for boys and one for girla girl th a g the n normal weight far or each cach height of 1 each eh age from six to rosh te a m to be slightly under weight means mean nothing but for your boy or girl to be as aa much as se seven v en per cent underweight under weight means that a careful inquiry should be made to determine whether or not there them ar other the evidence of 1 undernourishment under if 0 their other evident eviden iea es are found such as general litant lassitude litante 6 bad color and I 1 to play as aa a norm normal a Amen wide beaw awake a lie american can boy or girl hould play it would no ill be safe to say sal that the child is a in a all 11 probability tv under nourished or a an we me umes ory fay d if there is 13 no ther other important vi dence nf f under re incao than buirt the under wight the cad tom lion may be found to be a family c characteristic bars te or a race character mic itic not atit every child underweight under weight according to the table la is undernourished nuu nahed and not every child full weight is 13 free from malnutrition vhal the schools are doing Is tak lir ig under weight where it amounts amount i as much as seven per ceol cent of ormall weight as aa an index of pos tole malnutrition and then proceeding with th a careful inquiry to find fina out ault ut what la is the matter ind nd of course this is something you is 13 the mother are more toce rested j knoy anoil than any teacher can pea a 3 uly be in the process of weighing and treasuring and comparing actual weights with what the weights eight ifould be of course the teachers naife indu inquiries nes as aa to diet act and I 1 make remarks about under weigle hat are earned carried home by the child en these derbal messages you iced not pay day any attention to be ause they are liable to be ba macco ate and fisl abing ading if your child i a so much underweight that you should know knew it yoa yen will receive rom mm the superintendent or the health supervisor an off official intal notice if the tact along with such auch advice is it may seem wise to give it II on our r chi child id is over ove overweight rwei weight gh t be happa boatic it W we want children to be ver iver weight as aa long as 83 such woh weight a not noi due to soft flabby it tissue it 0 an be corrected by regulating the ret ii aud and insming mai stio upon it a right a I 1 ihunt t of physical activity most mothers already know anil an re ire are anxious that all shall know w ut pat the n uc ration and physical ruath of their crul cn ildren drea are far note nore important than any subject in tie he course of study or the childrens chil dreos jr ir ogress in 10 any such subject in this office we are advising advia mg mether chi children chilgren laren are under beighl r not that the schools arrange tu to armda at cost to all children who site their lunches to school a bow if f hot nourishing soup or some izilar dish because we feel that it u matter of growth is so very tin im orient in cases where children to ire actually malnourished where he seven per percent cent underweight under weight it in lot a family or race characteristic ind where it is associated with ther ither definite evidences of malim antion tin we think the mother should love lave a confer conference enne with the health supervisor that a program should oe as adopted that will utilize the services of the he fa family th ily physician or ar a specialist that the tha mothers b be e given t ane ne opportunity of securing the ey ery I 1 latest test instruction in 10 the essentials mIs of the science of nutrition As may be available still anu that the home and the school come into a wise a and rid sympathetic co operation for the welfare of such children A mid forenoon feeding of whole on milk it and graham rockers crackers will do wonders for cert certain a in children who are a noil malnourished i 9 bed and this will be such auch so an easy thing to do especially if the mothers wilt will help the school all ali mothers whether they have un no der weight childr children cn or not hot should anand n and redd read the following pham P phlete hit diet for the school child lite drol M malnutrition ac these are to be had of the superintendent erin In of documents government printing office wahington Wai hington D C at the prices additional dit ional copies may be had for far 2 ae each will you not sit downright down right no now before you forget it and send for far the these pim you yours r a very truly E G GO gowans state director I 1 health education Educato rm |