Margarine and the Growth of Children

Section D. Nutritive value of milk and milk products

“…Except for vanaspati (see p. 327) the digestibilities were between 94 and 99 %. Some 160 American children in one institution using, by design, margarine as the only table and cooking fat, made the same physical progress as 107 children in another institution where butter was similarly used (705).…”

Physical Growth and Physiological Aspects of Development

“…No constant relation between illness patterns in children and their ordinal position in the family was found by Kingsley and Reynolds (74). When an adequate diet was available, control of active allergy (24) Dietary and nutritional influences upon growth were studied by a large group of workers (1,79,113,115,123,169). This growth continued until they attained normal stature.…”

Chapter VI: Physical Growth and Physiological Aspects of Development

“…Dietary and nutritional influences upon growth were studied by a large group of workers (1,79,113,115,123,169). One of the most significant outcomes pertained to the effects of restricted caloric intake upon aging and disease (10,83,118,134).…”