The Economics of Infant and Child Nutrition

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THE recent change in the world food situation from one of apparent relative adequacy to one of obvious deficit invites a brief review of the economics of providing infants and children with an adequate diet. In this connection total calories and protein appear to deserve the most consideration. Moreover, requirements for these two components must be considered together because the protein needs of the growing child within certain limits are inversely proportional to the total caloric intake. This is due in part to the fact that the amino acids of dietary protein are needed and used for energy when calories . . .

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