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In the spring of 1974 the Government of Manitoba gave approval for a School Milk Program, for students attending Kindergarten through Grade Four in the Frontier School Division of the Province, with the objective of providing a milk supplement to school children and nutrition education for the program participants and their families. Three-day food records of 145 children were assessed qualitatively by food-groups in relation to Canada's Food Guide recommendations. The investigation included two surveys, the first being conducted in the summer of 1974 before the initiation of the program, and the second being conducted in the winter of 1975 after the children had been receiving the milk supplement for approximately six months and nutrition education for approximately eight months. The data obtained were divided into three studies: Study 0ne included data from 103 children who participated in the summer survey, Study Two included data from eighty-one participants in the winter survey, and Study Three included data from thirty-nine children who participated in both the summer and winter surveys. 0n the basis of the food records it was shown that the mean milk intake of the children was 1.98 cups in Study One, 2.42 cups in Study Two, and 2.28 cups and 2.59 in the summer and winter surveys, respectively, of Study Three. The mean intakes of fruit was 1.27 servings in Study One, 1.17 servings in Study Two, and 1.32 and 1.31 servings in the summer and winter surveys, respectively, of Study Three. In Study One the mean potato intake was 0.96 servings, in Study Two it was 0.79 servings, and in the summer and winter surveys of Study Three it was 1.19 and 0.89 servings, respectively. The mean vegetable intake of the children was 0.45 servings in Study One, 0.48 servings in Study Two, and 0.47 and 0.56 servings in the summer and winter surveys, respectively, of Study Three. The mean intake of bread-cereal was 3.58 servings in Study One, 4.58 servings in Study Two, and 3.30 and 4.11 servings in the summer and winter surveys, ...

COVID-19 profoundly affected Irish citizens. The effects have been especially pronounced for nurses in front-line, clinical and management roles. This article discusses the national and employer policy context relevant to nurses in Ireland. There have been staff and bed shortages in public hospitals since austerity policies were introduced following the global financial crisis. Government measures responding to the pandemic include initial 'cocooning' of older citizens, travel restrictions, changed working conditions and restricted availability of childcare. This article draws on interviews with 25 older nurses in 2021, sixteen women and nine men, aged 49 or over in Ireland. It explores older nurses' experiences of COVID-19 and asks what are the implications for their working conditions and retirement timing intentions. A gendered political economy of ageing approach and thematic analysis reveals that while some nurses responded positively to the pandemic, some experienced adverse health impacts, stress and exhaustion; some reported a fear of contracting COVID-19 and of infecting their families; several women nurses decided to retire earlier due to COVID-19. The implications of the findings for employer and government policy and for research are discussed.