A Study of the Dietary Habits of Junior and Senior High School Girls in Four Rural Mississippi Communities

(Introduction) The purposes of this study of the dietary habits of junior and senior high school girls in four areas of Mississippi were:- (1) to gain information concerning the diets of girls living in their normal home environment and the relations of the diets to their energy output; (2) to find how, if at all, the general status of the family affected the dietaries; (3) to study the diets in relation to the supply of foods produced and stored in the homes for consumption; (4) to find, if possible, the effect of the diet upon the general health of the girls; and (5) to make comparisons of the communities upon the basis of the data collected.

It is hoped that the results of this study will be helpful to home economics teachers, home demonstration agents, relief agencies, and others interested in the nutritional welfare of adolescent girls.