Produced by Kevin Handy, John Hagerson, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net Transcriber's Note The three diagrams in the text have been rendered approximately using ASCII art. The tilde (~) symbol has been used to indicate bold text. Subscripted numbers are indicated by an underscore (_), with the subscripted item enclosed in braces ({x}). The single superscript number is indicated with a carat (^). With the large number of tables, lists and diagrams in this text, it is recommended that it is viewed using a monospaced font, such as Courier, and that the text is not rewrapped. Table 4 in the Appendix was very wide, and has been split into two pieces by page. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY NEW YORK . BOSTON . CHICAGO . DALLAS ATLANTA . SAN FRANCISCO MACMILLAN & CO., LIMITED LONDON . BOMBAY . CALCUTTA MELBOURNE THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD. TORONTO DIETETICS FOR NURSES BY FAIRFAX T. PROUDFIT INSTRUCTOR AND CLINICAL DIETITIAN, MEMPHIS GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL, CONSULTING DIETITIAN, MEMPHIS ASSOCIATED CHARITIES, AND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING ASSOCIATION, MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE SECOND EDITION Completely Revised NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1923 _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COPYRIGHT, 1918 AND 1922, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1918 Second Edition completely revised and reset Published, July, 1922 Press of J. J. Little & Ives Company New York, U. S. A. Dedicated to the Great Army of Nurses in the Service PREFACE TO SECOND REVISED EDITION The old order of things is passing. The keynote of to-day's work is prevention, rather than cure, children are taught to eat correctly that they may grow into the strong, healthy men and women which are needed to make any nation great. This instilling of good health habits must rest upon the nurse, the nutrition worker, the physician and the home-maker. Close cooeperation is necessary among these workers and a definite understanding of the way to accomplish the best results, in this respect, must come from the training of those who are undertaking this all important work.