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Show Kutritonal Ignoragnce ( Nutritional surveys conducted j during the past decade indicate1 that malnutrition is a serious problem on the farm, as well as in the citv, according to Dr. W. H. Sebell, "Medical Director of the U. S. Public Health Service, who points out that the problem ex-iss ex-iss among people who have plenty of money to spend for food as well as among those who live on relieve allowances. It has been generally accepted that nutritional deficiency diseases dis-eases resulted from poverty, but, in view of recent studies, it must be concluded that some of them are the result of ignorance. This calls for a camppaign of education educa-tion to reach all classes of people and to distribute information as to proper diet to maintain, and res'.o'e, bodily health. One of the interesting facts of human existance is the apparent failure of individuals, through many centuries, to study food in its relation to good health. Only in the lifetime of those of the present generation have we heard about vitamins and even now, the average individual is an ignoramus ig-noramus in regard to diet and nutritional deficiency diseases. |