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title: Eat Greens for Health - Feed Right to Feel Right
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/eat-greens-feed-right-to-feel-right-1939/
description: A painted lettuce sits between a cut-out spoon and fork above a mock newspaper masthead reading 'Daily' with the headline 'Feed Right to Feel Right'.
section: Collection
---

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# Eat Greens for Health - Feed Right to Feel Right

A painted lettuce sits between a cut-out spoon and fork above a mock newspaper masthead reading 'Daily' with the headline 'Feed Right to Feel Right'. The slogan attaches a feel-good outcome to the vegetable without giving figures or a source, which is the tell for glittering generalities.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
eat
EAT greens
FOR HEALTH
Daily
FEED RIGHT
TO FEEL RIGHT
PRINTED FOR H.M. STATIONERY OFFICE BY ST MICHAEL'S PRESS LTD. LONDON. 51-297
```

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