Download or read book Investigations on the Nutrition of Man in the United States (Classic Reprint) written by C. F. Langworthy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Investigations on the Nutrition of Man in the United States The cooperative nutrition investigations include studies of several branches of the subject, especial attention having been paid to studies of the kinds and amounts of food consumed by individuals, families, institutions, etc.; experiments on the digestibility Of food materials; and researches into the fundamental laws of nutrition, including par ticularly investigations with the bomb calorimeter and the respiration calorimeter. In addition to these, collateral questions of a Wide variety have also received much attention. A brief statement of the general lines along which the inquiries have been conducted ism follows: Studies of actual dietaries in order to learn the kinds, amounts and costs of food materials consumed by persons in different localities and sex, and under varying conditions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.