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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 6, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 27.

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Food Charts

By L. A. H.

THE United States Department of Agriculture has issued a set of fifteen lithographed food charts. They are of uniform size, 21 x 27 inches, printed on heavy paper, suitable for mounting on a roller or for framing. They give diagrammatic representations of typical foods, their composition indicated by dividing the outline into proper proportions, and coloring the sections to represent the different nutrients. Protein is represented by red; fat, yellow; carbohydrates, blue; ash, gray; and water, green. Energy values are shown in black, each square inch equaling 1,000 calories. Percentage figures of the different food elements are given in connection with each outline.
The titles and numbers of the charts are as follows:—
  1. Milk and milk products.
  2. Eggs and cheese.
  3. Meat, fresh and cured.
  4. Fish, fish products, and oysters.
  5. Butter and other fat-yielding foods.
  6. Cereal grains.
  7. Bread and other cereal foods.
  8. Sugar and similar foods.
  9. Roots and succulent vegetables.
  10. Legumes and corn.
  11. Fresh and dried fruits.
  12. Fruit and fruit products.
  13. Nuts and nut products.
14 and 15 contain text matter only, on the composition, functions, and uses of foods, and dietary standards.
The usual American dietary is well covered in this list. The charts will be serviceable to teachers or lecturers; also in sanitariums, food stores, cafés, schools, or wherever it is desired to give instruction on foods or food values. They have been used to good advantage in connection with health lectures given in a series of meetings, so our ministerial workers would find good use for them. They might not be out of place in the home.
The set of fifteen charts may be had for $1. Single copies are not sold. Send remittance by postal money-order, express order, or New York draft. Address Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C.
A complete list of public documents relating to food and diet, issued by scientific bureaus of the United States government, may be had free of charge, from same address, by asking for Price List No. 11.
L. A. H.