Simultaneous Surveys of Food Consumption in Various Camps of the United States Army

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Simultaneous nutrition surveys were carried out in May, 1945 at 44 military posts of the United States Army where Field Ration A, the rough equivalent of a liberal civilian diet in which there is a wide range of food, was provided. The food consumption levels reported indicated that, judged by National Research Council Standards, the American soldier in the Zone of Interior received a nutritionally adequate diet, although mess operations could have been improved through continued education and supervision of mess personnel. In the mess the average caloric intake of the average soldier per day, as determined by evaluation of food consumed, was approximately 3,700 Cal., fortified by an additional 300 to 400 Cal. consumed per day by virtue of food purchases at the post exchange. Food wastage comprised an average of 0.24 lb. of edible food per man per day. No significant correlations were found between the consumption of any individual nutrient and local mean temperature, altitude or the activity of the group.

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