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Atwater, W. O. 1844-1907.

Foods : nutritive value and cost / by W.O Atwater. - 32 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Farmers' bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture ; no. 23 . - Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ; no. 23. .

Cover title.

The nutriment in food and how it is used in the body -- Chemical composition of food materials : quantities of nutrients -- Classes of nutrients -- How food is used in the body -- The food value of food -- Definitions of food and food economy -- Nutritive values of different food materials -- Composition of food materials -- The digestibility of food -- The fitting of food to the needs of the body -- Dietaries and dietary standards -- Calculation of daily directories -- Pecuniary economy of food -- Waste of food -- Food and health -- Tables of composition of food materials and of daily dietaries.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Nutrition.
Food prices.

LC Class. No.: S21 / .A6 no.23

Dewey Class. No.: 630 / Un3f, no.23

National Agricultural Library Call No.: 1 / Ag84F no.23

Gov. Doc. Class. No.: A 1.9: 23