Eat 3 well-balanced meals every day: Eat the basic 7 every day!
Typographic poster in blue and red. A large headline asks for three balanced meals a day, with three coloured tags beside it reading 'Feel better', 'Work better' and 'Fewer accidents', and a Basic 7 family roundel at the foot. The tags list benefits only and give no figures.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, War Food Administration
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Health, Home front, Labor
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, War Food Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-714 (NAID 514201).
Text on the object
Eat 3 well-balanced meals every day FEEL BETTER WORK BETTER FEWER ACCIDENTS Eat the basic 7 EVERY DAY! U.S. NEEDS US STRONG EAT THE BASIC 7 EVERY DAY U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE—WAR FOOD ADMINISTRATION 11 [imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1943 - O - 544269
