Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-03-13
AMERICANS ARE WELL FED
But Waste in Many Homes Runs as
High as 20 Per cent, According
to Government Expert.

to Government Expert.
Neutrality-suspicious. and beans are
not the main, features of the New
Englander's diet No more are corn
meal and pork the 'pieces de re-
sistance" or a Southerner's bill of
fare. No less authority than DR.. G.
e. Langworthy, nutritious expert for
the department of agriculture, vouch-
es for this statement
Moreover, IN a recent publication
DR.. Langworthy asserts that the
American public, without regard to
section, are well-fed, and have
wider bill of fare than such exam
Piles of alleged regional diets as men
toned above might indicate. He
throws a new light upon the subject
of the high cost of living, in the
declaration that the waste of food
products is largely responsible for
the excessive costs under which the
American housewives labor.
at has been found that the waste
in the average American home ran
ges from nothing TO as high as 20
per cent of the food purchased" de-
clares DR.. Langworthy. "a fair
average would be about 10 per cent"
The department nutrition experts
contends that as a general rule the
American people do not suffer from
under-nutrition. In some cases which
have come to the attention of the de-
partment, families were living on
very limited diet, as regards the va
riety and amount of food eaten, but
such people, it is declared, We're liv-
ing below what has been termed the
poverty line"
DR.. Langworthy has figures to
show that American families are bur.
dened by the high cost of living large
ly from the fact that they seek too
wide variety in foods, without CIV
| ing cuficient attention to the need OF
nourishing materials. For instance,
says DR.. Langworthy, many working
mems families who are in comfort
able circumstances expend too large
a proportion of their income for such
foods as oranges or celery, etc
Such foods could have been omit
ted from the diet without materially
changing its nutritive value, whit
the cost of the dailv food would have
been considerably lowered" said the
expert. cor other articles which
would have helped make the diet at
tractive could have been supplied al
greatly lower cost.
"An opportunity may be found fol
lessening the exrense in MANY famil
les by cutting down the waste. es
pecially in such foods as meat, but
ter and others, which are eXpnnsiv"
In the representative family, the AM
NAL food wasted was found to con
tain about three per cent of the tota
of protein and two per cent OF th'
total energy contained in the foot
purchased In the vegetable foot
purchased about one per cent of thu
total protein and two per cent of thu
total energy was wasted"
Economical living. the dnotor finds
|
cooking. and careful serving to sui
the individual appN+ites of the FAM
ly, so that little is left on the plate
to be thrown away Another facto
in keeping the cost down, saws tn
doctor, is the careful rse of all ma
terial left over in the kitchen or o.
the table after the family has bee
served. While this plan REQUIRE
slightly more time, DR., Langworth
, declares, II is tn, only course b
which housekeepers may systematic
ally save
The doctor also advises that chea
cuts of meats. for instance, do nc
necessary mean true economy, sine
they require more time to cork an
/ moro vegetables "on the side" {
make them attractive, than do tn
expensive cuts.