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title: Eat Wheat for Better Health
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ceylon-eat-wheat-for-better-health-1939/
description: A couple and a boy smile as a boy flexes his arm while the man rolls up his sleeve, above the words 'Eat Wheat for Better Health' and 'Food Controller.
section: Collection
---

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# Eat Wheat for Better Health

A couple and a boy smile as a boy flexes his arm while the man rolls up his sleeve, above the words 'Eat Wheat for Better Health' and 'Food Controller, Colombo'. The tell for transfer is strength and family well-being attached to eating wheat; the sheet gives no nutritional claim beyond the title.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Eat WHEAT
for Better Health
FOOD CONTROLLER, COLOMBO
[imprint:] J.N.K.A 30097 BRANCH GOVT. PRESS, KANDY.
```

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