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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. What do we mean, really, by
human physical growth?
A. People tend to think of this
in terms merely of body size. But
scientists know that body size, it
self, is not the key factor. As Dr.
Ethel Austin Martin says in her
excellent text, “Nutrition in Ac-
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Doctor
in the Kitchen*
by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D.
Consultant, National Dairy Council
tion,” —“size and growth are inter
related . . . Physical growth is a
complex process which involves
not only increased size of the
body as a whole but development
of its different parts ” Growth,
then, involves the increase in both
numbers of body cells and size of
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cells. Research suggests that if a
child gets too few calories he may
develop less cells. If he gets too
little protein the size of his cells
may be limited.
Q. What is malnutrition?
A. Basically, this means your in
take of needed nutrients is faulty
or inadequate. You’re getting too
little or too much of certain food
components as for example, pro
tein, or too few or too many calor
ies. And it may be that the extent
of malnutrition in an individual is
due to how much these problems
occur at the same time.
In children, for example, cells
in various organs grow at differ
ent rates. This is true, for in
stance, in brain growth. And for
maximum development the right
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nutrients are needed at the right
time.
Q. So, an adequate diet is ter
ribly important, right?
A. Definitely. Especially for
children it can help determine
the realization of one’s potential
for development.
Q. What about adults 7
A. Original growth and develop
ment may be over, but there are
always the all-important factors
of maintenance and repair of the
body. Without the right variety of
foods and the right amounts, life’s
processes might not function at
their best Things will deteriorate
unnecessarily, or over-develop,
like fatness.
Q What are our greatest nu-
NUTRITIONAL ANAGRAMS
Let’s play anagrams today with nutritional terms It will test
your knowledge of at least the most basic words in nutrition. Just
re-arrange the letters shown below into words associated with
nutrition (such as “fat” or “copper”) and then turn this column
upside down to see if you’ve chosen the correct answers
A clue All the words are the names of nutrients Good luck'
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trition problems?
A. On a national basis, over
weight. On an individual basis,
the problems extend to the choice
of foods. Overweight people are,
in almost all instances, simply the
result of eating too much food for
them. But there are serious prob
lems in our country that stem
purely from individuals not get
ting the right foods, or enough of
them
Q. What’s the answer?
A. Obviously, some people are
too poor to afford some of the
food they need. This problem is
being attacked at all levels in vari
ous ways But in the long run, the
answer to our nutrition problems
rests with nutrition education.
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