Dietary studies at the University of Missouri in 1895, and data relating to bread and meat consumption in Missouri / by H.B. Gibson, S. Calvert, and D.W. May.

  • Gibson, H. B.
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[1896]
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Credit: Dietary studies at the University of Missouri in 1895, and data relating to bread and meat consumption in Missouri / by H.B. Gibson, S. Calvert, and D.W. May. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Table 8.—Nutrients and potential energy in food purchased, rejected, and eaten in dietary of the college club in Missouri (dietary No. 94)—Continued. Kind of food material. Nutrients. Fuel value. Protein. Fat. Carbohy¬ drates. PER MAN PER DAY. Food purchased: Grams. Grains. Grains. Calories. Animal. 59 162 23 1, 840 Vegetable. 48 7 435 2, 045 Total. 107 1G9 458 3, 885 W aste: Animal. 5 11 125 Yegetable. 6 3 41 220 Total. 11 14 41 345 Food actually eaten: Animal. 54 151 23 1,715 Yegetable.. 42 4 394 1, 825 Total. 96 155 417 3, 540 PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL FOOD PURCHASED. Food purchased: Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. Animal..... 55. 5 95. 6 5. 0 47.4 Yegetable. 44.5 4.4 95.0 52. 6 Total..... 100. 0 100. 0 100.0 100.0 W aste: Animal... 5. 0 6 7 3. 3 Yegetable... 5.3 2. 0 8.9 5. 7 Total..... 10.3 8.7 8.9 9.0 Food actually eaten: Animal... 50.5 88.9 5.0 44. 1 Yegetable... 39.2 2.4 86.1 46.9 Total. 89.7 91. 3 91.1 91.0 SECOND DIETARY STUDY OF THE COLLEGE CLUB (No. 95). The study began May 20,1895, and continued seven days. During this period the club was composed of 95 male students, the matron, and household servants. The number of meals taken was as follows: Meals. Men... 1, 978 Women (156 meals X 0.8 meal of man) equivalent to. 125 Children (40 meals X 0.7 meal of man) equivalent to. 28 Total number of meals taken equivalent to. 2,131 Equivalent to one man seven hundred and ten days. A considerable number of food materials were analyzed in tliis die¬ tary, as was also the refuse. Such analyses are designated in the table following on page 17 by the letter a.