The Oslo Lunch
Year Aunt Malisy, Would you please tell me what an "Oslo Lunch" contains?-A.G., Grey Lynn, Auckland. I am glad you have asked this question, A.G., because all mothers really skould be informed about it. The "Oslo Meal" is considered by health authorities to be not only the easiest lunch to prepare, but also to contain all the protective food elements necessary to health and growth. Tests have been carried out both in Norway and in the big industrial districts of England as well as in Melbourne, to find out exactly whether undernourished children really — did benefit by eating this lunch every day, instead of the usual cake or biscuits or whatnot, and the results have been amazing. Besides developing healthy appetites, the children gained from 40 to 100 per cent. in weight, and also resisted colds and other infections to 2 marked degree in comparison with the children not in the test group, while their school work improved out of sight. The formula is simple-3 slices wholemeal bread, %,0z. butter, %0z. cheese, 2 pint milk, and either an apple or an orange or a raw carrot. In Norway a dose of cod-liver oil is added during the winter,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 204, 21 May 1943, Page 21
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201The Oslo Lunch New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 204, 21 May 1943, Page 21
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