The British Food Journal Volume 60 Issue 9 1958

Abstract

No man, by taking thought, we are told, can add one cubit to his stature, and this can readily be believed since the cubit, although not officially recognized in any weights and measures department with which we are acquainted, is an ancient measure of length equivalent to the distance between a man's elbow and the tip of his middle finger, some eighteen inches or more. According to the records available, however, there has been in many countries, over the years, an increase in man's average height, attributable, no doubt, to improvements during the last century or so in medicine, general hygiene and food, among other factors, although we are not suggesting that the increment has even approached as much as the Scriptural cubit. It can hardly be denied that much of the betterment in mankind's conditions has been the direct result of this taking thought that seems almost to be disparaged in the observation we have quoted above (dragging it, as well we know, from its context, and diverting it from its intended application). And, fortunately, in the matter of food, as few will need reminding, a great deal of thought continues to be taken, ranging in many directions, in different parts of the world, and touching on many and various aspects of food—supplies, production, quality, and the rest—all this effort being directed toward the amelioration and overcoming of the difficulties and obstacles besetting the problems of how to ensure that everyone in the world has or could have, not only enough to eat, but enough of the right things to eat.

Citation

(1958), "The British Food Journal Volume 60 Issue 9 1958", British Food Journal, Vol. 60 No. 9, pp. 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb011558