Man at moderate muscular labor, woman, two girls, 12 and 6; two boys, 10 and 8 years of age. This family requires the same number of calories of heat and potential energy as four men at moderate muscular labor - i.e. :

Man + Woman + Girl + Boy + Girl + Boy = 4 Men

1.0 + 0.08 + 0.06 + 0.06 + 0.05 + 0.05 = 4.0

BREAKFAST

Weight

Protein

Fuel Value

lbs.

oz.

Pounds

Calories

Oranges

2

.012

300

Oatmeal:

Oatmeal

4

.042

465

Milk

6

.012

120

Sugar

2

235

Boiled eggs (8)

1

0

.131

635

Corn cake (no eggs)

1

.106

1,438

Butter

4

880

Coffee:

...Sugar

2

.001

235

...Milk

6

.012

120

Total..........

.316

4,428

DINNER

Broiled beefsteak, lean

2

.342

1,570

Mashed Potatoes:

...Potatoes

1

8

.037

660

...Butter

1

225

...Milk

3

.006

60

Spinach

1

4

.027

138

Butter

1

225

Bread

12

.071

910

Butter

4

900

Baked Apple, Tapioca Pudding:

...Apples

1

.004

255

...Tapioca

4

.001

412

...Sugar

4

470

...Cream

4

.006

228

Total...........

.494

6,053

SUPPER

Creamed Codfish:

...Salt codfish

8

.128

245

...Milk

1

.033

325

...Butter

1

225

...Flour

1

.007

103

...One egg

2

.016

78

Baked Potatoes:

1

.025

440

...Butter

4

900

Biscuit

1

.084

1,430

Tea:

...Milk and sugar

.012

353

Total..............

.305

4,099

Protein

Calories

Total for one day

1.055

14,588

Total for one man

.278

3,647

Standard estimate, Atwater

.25

3,400

Both the amount of protein and the number of calories of energy are in excess of the standard. This gives an opportunity to study the menu more critically, though the excess in this menu in connection with other menus day after day would probably be overbalanced before many days. For it is to be considered that, in periods of a week or ten days, the diet is more likely to approach the standard than when a single day is taken into account. By omitting the cream with the pudding at dinner, the total for one man becomes .26 of protein and 3,590 calories. Reduce the number of eggs in the breakfast menu to four and use these with cooked rice in an omelet, and the figures (counting the butter used in cooking and the rice) become .25 of protein and 3,623 calories.