The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-04-21
HEALTH RULES FOR CHILDREN

service of the state college at Boze-
man. offers the following health rules
for our children as year-round May
Day program.
1. Every child should start the day
by eating a good breakfast. A good
breakfast may include cooked cereal
(preferably some whole grain), toast,
or bread, fruit, weak cocoa, or milk,
probably an egg or some bacon. DO
not give fresh bread or rolls, hot bis
cults, pancakes, waffles, doughnuts,
fried potatoes, fritters, etc. A good
rule to follow-'No breakfast, no
school, CDR Hedger.)
: 2. "Tea, coffee, cocoa, etc., are
stimulants and should never be given.
However, weak cocoa, Zone level tea
spoon of cocoa to a cup of milk may
be given occasionally.
8. every child should have three
cups of milk each day, "a quart is
better). The milk may be taken on
cereals, in cream soups, on toast, in
creamed vegetables, in weak cocoa,
egg nog, milk drinks milk favored
with fruit or vanilla) and in GUS
tards, or junkets.
A. every child should have two
servings of vegetables, besides pota-
toes and one or two servings of fruit.
One of the vegetables or fruits
should be raw unless canned tomatoes
are served. Vegetables that may be
eaten are: lettuce, celery, radishes
tomatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots,
turnips, khol rabi, fresh cucumbers.
asparagus tips, endive and water
eress. Green or leafy vegetables in
ciude: turnip or beet tops, spinach,
Swiss chard, endive, lettuce, wild
green's lcress. dandelion. lambs
quarter, wild lettuce)s celery, green
onions, asparagus and cabbage.
D. In addition to three cups Of
milk daily the child should have one
serving of any two of the following:
meats, including fish, game and
poultry (baeon and salt pork are elias.
SHED as fats), cheese, dried beans or
1eas. These foods are needed for n,uv-
he and tissue building material. # is
important that one egg be eaten in
ome form daily.
.. 1t is well to drink one GLASS
I water every morning before break
ast. Water, particularly at mea,
me- should not be taken. in such
uantities that insufficient food will
{ eaten, Food should not be washed
own with water or any other LIQUID
Z The child should take at least
minutes to eat breakfast. and at
'aSC ~ minutes for the other meals
Q. The habit of indiscriminata
aeihg between meals which DESTROYS
io chiiu appetite for wholesome
'oos at meal time, should be dis
'uraged. However, underweigbt chill
zen and those who are growing very
'pldly may need lunch of milk and
'ead or graham crackers or fr,;t
feo0'' ice cream sodas, cracker Jack.
'ahuts, ETC., between meals DESTROY
e chlld's appetite for wholesome
DDS.
. The child should form the ba-
OF going to the toilet at a regular
ne each day (before or after brask
Sc is a good time).
IL. Two full baths each week are.
cessary for body cleanliness. The
'ole body Glands, face, neck ears
~ should be kept as clean as nos
lie every day.
IL. THE hands should be washed
leaving the toilet and always be-
e eating. Disease germs NAV he
iieo by dirty hands to food and
is into the body.
z. IF during bad weather or f.
chlld IS Ill, play is not advisable
OF doors. He should be dressed
rmly and allowed to play in some
'-'efed place or in room with an
of fresh air.
o. Teeth should be brushed be-
e breakfast and before going to.
|. Tooth paste need not be used
ny time. Common salt is excellent
cleaning the teeth.
.. Dirty hands, finger nails.
lclis' etc., may carry disease germs
5he mouth or eyes. The eyes should
De rubbed; hard sharp substances
uio not be put into the ears to re-
We wax.
o. 1t IS well to encourage tho
q 10 take the exercises given in
posture lesson at least twice
Ihls will help to strenothan
llo shoulders. In addition to this If