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Food makes a difference

About this photograph

Provided by North Carolina State University D. H. Hill Library, Special Collections, Green 'n' Growing Collection

Date created
1920–1929
Location
North Carolina
License
Copyright unknown.
Source
Original image housed by North Carolina State University Libraries Special Collections Research Center

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Food makes a difference

This black and white photograph is of a poster showing how a good diet of nutritious foods makes a difference in children’s growing bodies. On the left of the poster is picture of a boy who is naked except for a towel wrapped around his waist. On the right is a picture of a naked little girl with her back to the camera. Between the images is a list of characteristics of a healthy body:

  • Alert expression
  • Clear skin
  • Bright eyes
  • Strong Teeth
  • Unobstructed breathing
  • Even shoulders
  • Flat shoulder blades
  • Broad chest
  • Straight back
  • Firm muscles
  • Flat abdomen
  • Straight legs
  • Normal joints
  • Strong arches

The bottom of the poster reads:

“Well-developed children, products of sleep and rest, exercise and play, fresh air and sunshine, correction of physical defects, and balanced diet.”