THE AVERAGE DIET
sir=--in ihe Listener for June 18, Mary'I. Stroobant stated that the average diet (presumably of a New Zealander) comprises 90 per cent of "sweets, white sugar, white flour goods and similar rubbish." If by "average diet" we mean the average annual civilian consumption of all foodstuffs, I should like to point out that, according to the statistics published
tila in the New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1953, the quoted statement is not correct. In the 1951-52 period these foodstuffs made up only 38.3 per cent. of the average diet by weight. In terms of calories, in the 1950-51 period, livestock products, including meat, dairy produce, eggs, fish and fats, comprised 48 per cent. of the average diet. This left only 52 per cent. of the calorific value of the average diet to be shared between cereals, vegetables and sugar. ie
GRAHAM A.
HARRIS
(Wellington).
GRANDMOTHER OF SEVEN
(Feilding).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 783, 23 July 1954, Page 5
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150THE AVERAGE DIET New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 783, 23 July 1954, Page 5
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