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Title	The food front [electronic resource]: a series of eleven lectures.
Item Number	p0086
Creator (Corporate)	United States. Federal Security Agency.
Contributors	McNutt, Paul V. (Paul Vories), 1891-1955.
Government Publisher	Federal Security Agency, Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services; U.S. Government Printing Office
Original Date	1942
Physical Description	iii, 52 p. : 28 cm.
Notes	Delivered in The U. S. Department of Agriculture Auditorium March 11-April 15, 1942--Title page.; Sponsored by The Nutrition Committee of the District of Columbia Defense Council, The American Women's Voluntary Services, the Nutrition Division of the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services and the Graduate School of the Department of Agriculture--Title page.; Chairmen: M. L. Wilson, in Charge of Nutrition, Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, and Director of Extension Service, Department of Agriculture; Louise Stanley, Chief, Bureau of Home Economics, Department of Agriculture.--Title page.
Table of Contents	The national nutrition program / Paul V. McNutt -- What the war has taught us about food / Craig McGeachy -- Nutrition and public health / Thomas Parran -- Factors affecting public acceptance of the nutrition program / Paul Cornel -- How well fed is the American family? / Hazel K. Stiebeling -- Nutrition and the child / Martha M. Eliot -- Conserving the foods we produce / Esther L. Batchelder -- Nutrition begins with the soil / Eugene C. Auchter -- Food Production Goals / Claude R. Wickard -- The British food supply / E. M. H. Lloyd -- Present and future food supply and some interantional implications / Frank C. Boudreau.
Summary	Nutrition probably concerns more people more directly than any other sector of our national war effort. It concerns our armed forces. The old saying that 'an army marches on its stomach' has received the full confirmation of science, and through the work of the Army Subsistence Laboratory, all the resources of science are being applied to making our soldiers the best fed army in the world. It concerns the army in overalls -- the men behind the men behind the guns. Sir John Orr, of the British Food Ministry, is authority for the statement that 'improvement of the diet of work-men... is followed by increased output without any conscious increased effort.' It concerns our children -- the citizens of tomorrow on whom in large measure will fall the great task of building a stronger, saner, and more enduring peace than any the world has yet known. The food they eat today, while they are young, will help to give them the strength and stamina which are their birthright, both now and for the future. It concerns is all -- every man and woman in the country. For the food we eat -- not only how much but also what kind of food -- is, we know now, a determining factor in whether, as individuals and as a Nation, we 'can take it.' We may not know precisely what this 'it' will turn out to be in coming months and years. But it seems fair to predict that, whatever comes, we shall need all the health and courage we can command to surmount the challenge of this war-torn world. Better nutrition is then a national need... The need is not confined to the third of our people who, beyond question, are ill-fed, nor to these plus the additional millions whose diet is perilously near the margin of safety. Even the 25 percent or so of us who are fortunate enough to be reasonably well fed have an obligation toward nutrition -- to safeguard our own health and that of our families; to join with other people in our home communities so that everyone can share in the food protection which we enjoy. This is possible; the United States has the greatest food resources of any nation in the world. It is not merely possible; it is imperative. The task -- the immediate, urgent task -- is to utilize these food resources wisely so that they will yield the fullest possible health returns.--p. 1.
Topical Terms	World War, 1939-1945--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Food supply--Great Britain. Nutrition policy--United States. Nutrition--Public opinion--United States. Agricultural conservation--United States. Food supply--International cooperation.
Gov Doc Classification	PR 32.4507:M 23/6
Type	Text
Digital Format	.pdf
Digital Publication Date	Available in digital format: 2001-2002
Digitization Process	Scanned as 300 dpi .jpg; converted to Adobe .pdf
SMU File Name	p0086.pdf
Digital Collection	Historic Government Publications from World War II
Library	Government Information Resources
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	These files may be freely used. A high-quality version of these files may be obtained for a fee by contacting ncds@smu.edu.

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