Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 5

Practical guidance explains how to select and combine foods to meet nutritional needs across life stages and conditions. It gives rules for adapting meals by age, climate, and activity, distinguishing normal, preventive, and curative diets and warning against excess starches and sugars. Chapters detail infant and maternal feeding, child care, constipation, emaciation, dietary plans for old age and athletes, and advice for sedentary workers. Lessons address nervousness—its causes and dietary remedies—and offer practitioner guidance on diagnosis, patient education, and conduct. Additional sections cover evolution and heredity, sexual and prenatal health, rest and sleep, business routines, and exercise programs.