"Cut Excess Weight, Women Are Urged"
Newspaper article
By: The New York Times
Date: November 9, 1942
Source: "Cut Excess Weight, Women Are Urged." The New York Times, November 9, 1942.
About the Organization: Since the publication of this table in 1942, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has continued to set standards for height/weight ratios that are widely followed by the public and health-care providers.
Introduction
Nutrition was a major public health concern before and during World War II (1939–1945). Public health officials initially worried that people's diets were inadequate both in terms of containing enough calories and enough key nutrients. During the 1930s the Depression had left many people underweight as they struggled to find enough food of any sort.
By the second year of the U.S. involvement in the war, however, the situation had changed. Unemployment was...
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