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Human Behavior

Better Nutrition Through Research

I N T H E Department of Home Economics, nutritional needs of humans are being studied. Boys and girls 12 to 16 years of age, and college women, have served as subjects. Also under intensive investigation in this department is the effect of methods of food preparation and preservation, particularly home freezing, on the palatability and nutritive value of foods. At the top of the page is shown the kitchen of the house provided by the University as a home for the h u m a n subjects of dietary studies. Their food is all carefully Weighed out. On the left laboratory assistants are making chemical analysis of the nitrogen content in foods fed the dietary subjects. In the right-hand picture, frozen peaches are being examined after several months of storage.

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