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REPORT BY THE COMMITTEE ON DIAGNOSIS AND PATHOLOGY OF NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES, NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

H. D. KRUSE, M.D.; OTTO A. BESSEY, Ph.D.; NORMAN JOLLIFFE, M.D.; JAMES S. MCLESTER, M.D.; FREDERICK F. TISDALL, M.D.; RUSSELL M. WILDER, M.D.; V. P. W. SYDENSTRICKER, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1944;74(4):258-279.

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Studies on the effects of supplementary feeding bear on a topic uppermost in the minds of persons interested in public health. Urgently wanted is an answer to the question: Will proper additions to ordinary diet bring consequent improvement in nutrition which is reflected in increased growth, health and efficiency? This is not the same question as: Does a poor diet have an adverse effect on growth, health and physical performance? Nor is it the same as: Does improvement of a poor diet have a favorable influence on these functions and qualities? It is not restricted to supplementation of poor diets. "An ordinary diet" is a highly variable term, including a wide range in quantity and quality. Many of the studies on supplementation included diets that were poor; but many others were at least fair, if not good. These have been supplemented by either a natural food or specific nutrients, such . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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