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THE rationing and restriction of many of our common foodstuffs has prevented the free choice of food to which we were all of us accustomed before the War, but it has handicapped some of the community much more than others. The public schools have had a difficult time because boys of 14-18 require more total food than the average holder of a ration book, yet the schools have no means of obtaining meals for their boys outside the ordinary rations. The question therefore has arisen as to whether this has made any difference to the boys' rate of growth. Are public school boys now as tall and heavy as they were before the War? The pre-war and war-time weight and height records of boys at two public schools have been submitted to statistical analysis. Both schools take a serious interest in the way their boys are fed.
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BILLINGTON, E., MCCANCE, R. & WIDDOWSON, E. War-time Growth of Schoolboys. Nature 152, 187 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/152187a0
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