Health education and the nutrition class, a report of the Bureau of educational experiments; descriptive and educational sections . er, and would suddenly cut out of the room, andescape to freedom. In spite of these disturbing ele-ments, there is no doubt that the children whoseinterest had been enlisted, succeeded in getting bene-fit from the period, and learned to lie quietly relaxedwithout being seriously disturbed by their more rest-less neighbors. Enlistment of. the Childs Cooperation INDIVnDUAl, INSTBUCTION To secure the second half of the educationalprogram, the cooperation of the child
Health education and the nutrition class, a report of the Bureau of educational experiments; descriptive and educational sections . er, and would suddenly cut out of the room, andescape to freedom. In spite of these disturbing ele-ments, there is no doubt that the children whoseinterest had been enlisted, succeeded in getting bene-fit from the period, and learned to lie quietly relaxedwithout being seriously disturbed by their more rest-less neighbors. Enlistment of. the Childs Cooperation INDIVnDUAl, INSTBUCTION To secure the second half of the educationalprogram, the cooperation of the child within his en-vironment, both individual and class instructionwere provided. Following the weekly measurementsia brief interview between pupil and nutritionworker took place. Each child was given a speciallydevised booklet* containing a table of 100 calorieportions of common foods in which to record hisfood intake for 48 hours. He was asked to make alist of the actual food taken; slices of bread, ounces •Emerson, Wm. E. P., A Beoord Book for Measured Feeding,Pub. No. 3. Nutritm QUnios for Delieat? CltUiJreii, Boston, THE INITIAL PROGRAM 45 of milk, tablespoonfuls of cereal, etc. This 48-hourrecord was returned each week and the caloric in-take figured by the nutrition worker. Further data were obtained by the nutritionworker on the entire weeks record with regard toobservation of the prescribed program, rest periods,lunches, hours of sleep, drinking of tea and coffee,water at meals, fresh air, breakfast habits, rapideating, exercise, fatigue, colds, clothing and anyother facts of significance in the weeks made at the time of this interview were usedlater as a basis for discussion of the individualcharts at the class meeting. These charts were de-signed to record the outstanding features of theweeks history. Gain or loss of weight, number ofrest periods, mid-session lunches, use of tea andcoffee, anJ caloric intake as well as progress in thecorrection of
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