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INVESTIGATION on certain aspects of nutrition is at present handicapped by lack of eo-operation. In view of the importance, at the present time, of a thorough knowledge of the state of nutrition in Great Britain, the Nutrition Society has accordingly set up a Committee on Nutrition Surveys, with Sir Joseph Barcroft as chairman ; the terms of reference are the co-ordination of nutrition surveys dependent on (a) clinical, physiological and biochemical examinations of human subjects, (b)examinations of food budgets, and (c) chemical analyses of food and meals (including collective meals). It will put investigators in touch with others who are working on the same lines or would co-operate ; it will supply information, recommend methods and make periodical summaries of the results of investigations. The Committee has the support of the Ministries of Health and of Food and co-operation of the Services. Prof. J. R. Marrack has been appointed as a director serving under the Committee. All who are engaged on or undertaking investigations covered by the terms of reference are invited to communicate with Prof. Marrack at the London Hospital, Whitechapel, E.I.
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Committee on Nutrition Surveys. Nature 151, 444 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151444a0
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