White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-10-07
NUTRITION WORKS
RESULTS IN COUNTY

For a year nutrition work has beer
carried on in White Pine county I'M
der the division of extension of the
university and the results in two OF
the communities show that although
it is true that clothes do not make
the man, it is true that food makes
the child.
Last August Miss Leah Barker
and Miss Mary e. Stillwell started \
Keep Growing Demonstration at
Preston with the help of Mrs. Marie
Jensen as local leader, and at LGnd
with the help of Mrs. Lille Smith
as local leader. They went into each
classroom and weighed and meas.
ured the children and explained to
each one just where he stool in phvsi-
cal development as compared with
the average child of his age and
height. Much emphasis was laid on
the fact that it is every child's first
duty to keep growing all the time
and that to keep growing normally
every child needs:
A quart of milk every day.
Two vegetables every day.
A sensible breakfast including
cooked mush.
At least ten hours sleep every
night.
In practically every case where a
child was decidedly underweight it
was found that he was neglecting
one or more of these essentials for
normal growth. The children agreed
that every sensible child wants to be
well, so they agreed to live up to
these four rules for growth: The fol-
lowing statistics showed what they
gained:
Number of Lund children complet-
ing the demonstration
Normal IN and up to Is per cent
above) Original statistics. sever
children, 1861 per cent. Final sta.
~tictics, 5000 per cent.
Slightly ~underweight Go per
cent?. Original statistics, nineteen
children, 2S.7S per cent. Final sta
~tistics, 27.07 per cent
Seriously underweiglit (7-9 per
cent, nine children. Original stats
ties, 1853 per cent. Final stats
tics, four children, 6.O6 per cent.
Dangerously underweight 90 per
cent and up. Original statistics,
twenty-nine children, 1894 per cent
Final statistics COS per cent.
This means that mary of the chill
dren in the dangerously underweight
group moved up to the next group,
many in thes lightly underwefght
group moved up to the normal, ETC.,
so that the number OF normal chill
dren was increased 42.32 per cent.
the number of seriously under weight
children was decreased 7.57 per cent.
the number of dangerously under
weight children was decreased 37.SS
per cent.
Number Of Preston children COM
pleting the demonstration
Normal, original, three children,
900 per cent; final, fourteen chill
dren, 42.42 per cent.
Slightly underweight, original,
eight children. 24.21 per ceEt; final.
twelve children, 1856 per cent.
Seriously underweight. original.
two children, COS per cent; final.
two children, COG per cent.
Dangerously underweight, orig;na;
twenty children, 60.61 per cent; final
three children. 900 per cent
This means that of the t~hirty-threa
children completing the demonstra-
ton the number of normal children
was increased 1898 per cent, the
number of slightly underweight chill
dren was increased 1915 per cent,
due to the seriously and dangerously
u~nderweight children growing up to
this class; the number of seriously
u~nderWeight children remained the
same, though they were different
children; the number of dangerously
u~nderweight children was decreased
1888 per cent.
The total number of children gain.
ing at Lund was Ga out of the Sc.
and at Preston was 80 out of the SO.
Miss Stillwell has been in the
county again the past week, work.
ing with Miss LeNoir starting the
nutrition work for this year in the
rural districts and in the towns
where the women had agreed to as
sist with the work. The leaders
for the coming year are:
Preston, Mrs. Nettie Bradley.
Lund, Miss Lille Smith.
Baker, Mrs, George Baker.
Ruth, Mrs. William F.. Suuires and
Mrs. Chester v. Davis.