CHAPTER IV.
OUR FOODS.
~1.~ We all know very well that if we do not eat we shall rapidly lose in weight, and become very weak and feeble.

Did you ever think how much one eats in the course of a lifetime?
Let us see if we can figure it up.
How much do you suppose a boy eats in a day?
Let us say two pounds.

How much does he eat in a year?
There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year; 365 multiplied by 2 equals 730.

So a boy eats a good many times his own weight in a year.

How much would a person eat in fifty years?
~2.~ Our bodies are composed of what we eat.