Health education and the nutrition class, a report of the Bureau of educational experiments; descriptive and educational sections . sent trend toward exact physical and mentalmeasurements of all children, not neglecting thenormal child who has seemed primarily a statisticalwill-o-the-wisp, we can best develop criteria of mal-nutrition. Aside from extreme cases of malnutri-tion, of prolonged hunger or starvation which likeother pathological states would cause disintegration,we cannot say that malnutrition irrespective of otherfactors produces or runs hand in hand with mental A PROGRAM OF RESEAR
Health education and the nutrition class, a report of the Bureau of educational experiments; descriptive and educational sections . sent trend toward exact physical and mentalmeasurements of all children, not neglecting thenormal child who has seemed primarily a statisticalwill-o-the-wisp, we can best develop criteria of mal-nutrition. Aside from extreme cases of malnutri-tion, of prolonged hunger or starvation which likeother pathological states would cause disintegration,we cannot say that malnutrition irrespective of otherfactors produces or runs hand in hand with mental A PROGRAM OF RESEARCH 213 defectiveness. In many types of mental processesthe reactions of the undernonrished child are equalor superior to the average of his age group. Thetraits in which he may prove less capable seem to beresistance to fatigue under response to uninter-rupted or complex stimuli, and exaggerated emo-tional responses under normal stimulation. A prob-lem worthy of study both for the undernourishedand for the hearty child is fatigue with special ref-erence to the period of recovery. ,~^ F 66548352 51 5049 4847464544434241. Chart of low percentile case showing excellent response. Boy6 yrs. of age, Austrian father, Russian mother. Underweight8% Sept. 1919; 2% May 1920; normal weight Sept. history shows measles (8 mos.), anti-toxin given forsuspected diphtheria, bad tonsil condition. Mental historyshows high intelligence, I. Q. 126 (Terman). Social historyshows father short, medium build, mother medium height,plump. Family of 8; flat of 5 outside rooms, 6 well-kept home, mother a good cook, Note: acase of special interest where the childs determination to followan imposed regime resulted in later enlistment of the motherscooperation. Tonsillectomy recommended Oct. 1919; per-formed Dec. 1920. H H**i 42 w«si* -OA „....,„. .4,1 7 f^ CwHlfiitii ^1-- I J 4544434241403938373635B4333231 •NA
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