The Body Building Dishes for Children Cook Book

Note: This edition of Body Building Dishes for Children has been updated to include Metric equivalents.


The child’s chief business is TO GROW—physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Parents must see to it that, within their powers, nothing interferes with this orderly and vigorous growth.


Physical growth depends on plenty of fresh air, sunshine and sleep, on correct clothing and an adequate home, but above all it depends on the right foods. Children who live beyond the semi-tropics, do not have enough exposure to sunshine to prevent rickets. For this reason fish-liver oil supplying the necessary Vitamin D with Vitamin A must supplement every child’s diet, no matter how good it is.