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THE Physical and Mental Welfare Society of New Zealand, Onehunga, N.Z., suggests that the centenary of New Zealand might bo celebrated by the foundation of a memorial, and that this might take the form of an endowed scheme whereby the ‘masses’ might be kept in touch with scientific truths and views bearing upon the physical and mental welfare of the race. New Zealand was recognized as an independent Colony in 1841. Bearing on this subject, the Health Organisation of the League of Nations has issued reports on physical education and on nutrition (Bull. Health Organisation, 7, No. 4, 1938. Allen and Unwin, Museum Street, W.C.I. 2s. 6d.). The first report suggests a programme of laboratory research upon the effects of physical exorcise, and on the relation between intellectual and physical development. The other report deals with principles to be observed in the study of diets and of the nutrition of a population, particularly as regards nutrition in the tropics.
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Physical and Mental Welfare. Nature 143, 514 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/143514b0
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