| Description | Drawn up by [Russell] Chittenden and Graham Lusk following a meeting with the Food Committee. Gives the view that the German industrial classes on a 2000 calorie-per-day diet have lost weight without losing health -- that basal metabolism is reduced when subjects lose weight, so fewer calories are needed. Suggests that the Allies reduce bread ration by 100g, or 62 calories per day, to put these findings into effect and save American cereal supply. |