Abstract
AT a meeting of the Expert Committee on Nutrition set up by the Committee of the League of Nations, held on December 8-10, 1936, under the chairmanship of Prof. H. Laugier, methods and results obtained as an outcome of the report on the physiological bases of the subject and a programme of research outlined, were compared and a plan of action established. Agreement was reached as to the technical methods to be applied, and a plan of future studies for co-ordination by the Health Organization was drawn up. Three methods are recommended for assessing the state of nutrition of children of preschool age and school age and of adolescents. The first method is essentially suitable for practical work, such as the determination of the state of nutrition of large numbers of children, and for this purpose the preparation of record cards giving particulars of age, sex, physical appearance, weight and height is recommended, as well as a clinical examination of each child bearing on the colour of the skin, the state of the teeth, the condition of the subcutaneous fat layer, the state of the muscles and any signs of abnormal fatigue.
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League of Nations and Nutrition. Nature 139, 403 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139403b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139403b0