The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-04-08
NUTRITION AND LABOR
THE SPREAD OF NUTRITION INFORMATION

The popularization of scientific c
knowledge in nutrition has become, as
we have seen, widespread throughout
the nation. Rich as well as poor,
farmers as we'll as city workers, i'm
migrants in our industrial cities. as
we'll as Negro share crOppers in the
South have all acquired Il certain
amount of information and have all
changed their past ideas and practices
about food in accordance with the new
beliefs of nutritiOnal science. 1t is of
interest to note that this method of
making progress is invariably secure
and sound. 1t is better than legSla-
appeal possessed by the new ideas
which makes all sections of the pOpu-
lation take to it warmly and quickly.
In fact the new ideas act like Il fashion
or fad. AS we all know, the latter
have way of spreading throughout
the population with the greatest of
ease even though sometimes we can
not see much benefit in them. Well
may the philosopher of human nature
complain that the present, female habit
of painting finger nails spread much
more rapidly than the practice of the
true principles of religion. Similarly,
the habit of going to the movies ap-
pealS to our youth far more strongly
than the habit of visiting libraries to
avail itself of some wonderful achieve
mentS of the human mind. Educators
and social thinkers have good cause
many scientific practices are now
spreading almost as rapidly as painted
finger nails or p!ucked eyebrows,
especially since the benefit from these
latter fads may be imaginary while
the benefit from the acceptance of
scientific findings is real and immc-
diate.
The main reason for the success Of
nutrition education lies in the fact
that it has been a cooperative effort
on the part of all sections of the pOpu-
lation. We may numerate Il few of the
agencies which made ma jOr contr
buttons toward this campaign. First
might be mentioned the gas and eec
trio utilities and manufacturing con
Germs supplying kitchen facilities.
nutrition classes and maintained a
staff of home economists for the sake
Of advertising, as we'll as for the sake
OF performing Il useful service to home
makers who We're their customers.
With the coming of the war, such com
General Electric have organized big
nutrition drives either in the form of
clubs or by distributing educational
material to the men in plants and to
their families, as well as forming
demonstration classes in food econ
omy and preparation.
The Westinghouse nutrition plan,
which consists of forming Health for
Victory Clubs for the wives of work
ers, has been very popular. Equally
successful has been the Servel plan
which lays much stress on education
within the plant, supplies information
to be taken home by the men to the
homemakers, and also aims at educat-
ing the neighbOrhOOd restaurants and
stores in proper nutrition values. The
Westinghouse Health for Victory Club
gets the wives of workers into an or
ganiZatiOn in which nutrition ideas and
practices are discussed. On the other
hand the General Electric Company
has limited its efforts to educational
material which is sent by mail to many
employers as well as the men in the
plant.