Dietetics for High Schools (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 Excerpt: ...and irritability of later boyhood and girlhood may be traced to the food habits established during the first two or three years of life. The hours at which the food is given are not important so long as they are the same hours each day by the clock, with the same length of time between each two feedings during the day. The number of feedings and the amount of food given will vary with the strength of the baby and are best determined by a physician who knows the condition of that particular child. One of the following schedules may be useful in deciding upon feeding times: 1. 6.00 A.m.--10.00 A.m.--2.00 P.m.--6.00 P.m. 2. 6.30 A.m.--10.30 A.m.--2.30 P.m.--6.00 P.m. 3. 6.30 A.m.--10.00 A.m.--1.30 P.m.--5.00 P.m. 4. 7.00 A.m.--10.30 A.m.--2.00 P.m.--5.3C P.m. 5. 7.30 A.m.--11.00 A.m.--2.30 P.m.--6.00 P.m. Betty's schedule. The following schedule was the one adopted for Betty: Breakfast: 7.00 A.m. Cereal--2-3 heaping tbsp. thoroughly cooked and strained rolled oats, oatmeal, wheatena, or barley. Bread--small piece of toast, day-old bread, or zwieback. Milk--1 cup of warm milk. At 9 A.M. Fruit pulp--1-3 tbsp. baked apple, prune pulp, or orange juice. Luncheon: 10.30 A.m. Milk--1 cup. Bread (as above). Dinner: 2.00 P.m. Milk--1 cup, and cereal, 1-2 tbsp. Or cereal soup made with milk ( Piece of day-old Or broth (J cup), with cooked rice or barley j bread or toast Or egg with milk (1 cup) ) Supper: 5.30 Milk--1 cup. Cereal (as in the morning). Mrs. Irving pinned this schedule on the wall beside the clock. She felt sure Betty would cry for fifteen or twenty minutes at first, but she had been told that she must not depart from the schedule if she wanted the experiment to be successful. Betty did cry for fifteen minutes the first time her desire for something to eat ...