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title: Eat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 2 (citrus, tomatoes, raw greens)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eat-a-lunch-that-packs-a-punch-group-2-1943/
description: 'Folder panel in the ''Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch!'' series: a cartoon man in blue kicks a figure labelled ''ILLNESS'' with the line ''Protect yourself'
section: Collection
---

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[![Eat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 2, 1943 US poster: Folder panel in the 'Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch!'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eat-a-lunch-that-packs-a-punch-group-2-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/eat-a-lunch-that-packs-a-punch-group-2-1943.jpg)

# Eat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 2 (citrus, tomatoes, raw greens)

Folder panel in the 'Eat a Lunch That Packs a Punch!' series: a cartoon man in blue kicks a figure labelled 'ILLNESS' with the line 'Protect yourself from illness', above a food-group wheel and a Vitamin C text block. The cartoon personifies illness as a defeated figure (a simple personification), tied to eating citrus and greens.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
EAT A LUNCH THAT PACKS A PUNCH! (printed upside down)
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM ILLNESS (printed upside down)
ILLNESS (label on cartoon figure, upside down)
U. S. Department of Agriculture
War Food Administration (upside down)
[imprint:] GPO
AT LUNCH AND AT HOME... EAT THE BASIC 7
EVERY DAY AND DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
FACTS ABOUT GROUP 2
ORANGES, GRAPEFRUIT, TOMATOES,
RAW CABBAGE, OR SALAD GREENS
Get Vitamin C all year round in citrus fruits and tomatoes, fresh or canned. For variety, add certain fruits and vegetables in season. Fresh strawberries, salad greens, fresh raw cabbage, cantaloupes, and pineapples are among the other Vitamin C sources to keep in your mind, and on your menu.
You need it to keep fit! Vitamin C helps maintain the health of the entire body . . . muscles, bones, teeth, even blood vessels.
So eat citrus fruits, tomatoes, or fresh greens EVERY day for Vitamin C—for much needed minerals—and for some Vitamins A and B, too!
[wheel:] GROUP ONE; GROUP TWO; GROUP T[HREE]; GREEN AND YELLOW VEGETABLES... some raw—some cooked, frozen or canned; ORANGES, TOMATOES, GRAPEFRUIT... or raw cabbage or salad greens; POTATOES AND OTHER VEGETABLES AND FRUITS raw, dried, cooked; U.S. NEEDS US STRONG EAT THE BASIC 7 EVERY DAY
```

[← Eat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 1 (green and yellow vegetables)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eat-a-lunch-that-packs-a-punch-group-1-1943/) [Eat a lunch that packs a punch! Facts about Group 3 (potatoes, other vegetables and fruits) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eat-a-lunch-that-packs-a-punch-group-3-1943/)

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