Milk and Nutrition The League of Nations has done admirable
work in awakening public opinion on problems of nutrition. The study of national nutrition policies began only three years ago, and during that period the number of national nutrition committees has increased from three to forty-seven—divided amongst twenty-one independent States and the British colonial Empire. A survey which has just been issued at Geneva confirms the disturbing conviction that the greater part of even the civilised populations of the world is under- nourished. In Great Britain, which stands high in com- parison with other countries, the present consumption of milk per head is stated to be less than half what is required for national fitness, and among poorer families there is a deficiency of fruit and vegetables. On the other hand, it is encouraging to note that the consumption of milk in the United Kingdom has nearly doubled in the past twelve months, as a result of the " milk-in-industry " scheme, whereby industrial workers are able to have milk at work. Presumably the widespread growth of milk-bars also adds considerably to the consumption of milk, as well as publicis- ing its beneficial effects. The most satisfactory feature of the nutrition problem is the active concern which so many nations are now showing.
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