Feeding the family / by Mary Swartz Rose.

  • Rose, Mary Swartz, 1874-1941.
Date:
1916
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Credit: Feeding the family / by Mary Swartz Rose. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Food for Boys and Girls from the Seventeenth to the Twenty-fifth Year “A little thought, a little self-control, and then forget that there is such a thing as digestion/’ By the end of the sixteenth year good habits in eating ought to be well established and the digestive system should be strong enough to care for all reasonably whole- some food, if offered at suitable times. The food require- ments of the next few years depend very largely upon the nature of the youth's occupation. Up to this time the majority have been held in school by choice or law, but now some engage in vigorous muscular labor, some go into sedentary trades, and some continue to go to school. Nearly all continue to increase in body weight, and many in height, for four or five years, if not longer. The pro- cesses initiated, sometimes with such vigor, in the period of adolescence are now more slowly completed. Muscle is added, internal organs perfect their structure, the nervous system grows stronger, and that fine working machine — the adult man or woman — comes upon the scene. The influence of active and sedentary life upon the choice of food has already been discussed in the chap- ters dealing with the adult man and woman. The active youth engaged in outdoor labor can thrive on the simple rations of pork and beans, cabbage and potatoes, corn bread and apple pie, provided they are sufficient in amounts to cover his fuel needs. Outdoor life and fresh air are sauce to his appetite and tonic to his diges- tion. On the other hand, the young bank clerk, sitting