Eat the right food: America needs you strong
Red, white and blue nutrition poster listing eight food groups with small line drawings and a short rule for each, headed 'America needs you strong'. The slogan ties eating habits to national strength in general terms, and the list gives only the recommended foods. A footer asks readers to join local nutrition committees.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services
- 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
- 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)
Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-713 (NAID 514200).
Text on the object
[imprint:] ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE—O—429917 EAT THE RIGHT FOOD America needs you strong Follow the rules of good nutrition—eat these foods every day: MILK—at least a pint for everyone, more for children—or cheese, or evaporated or dried milk. ORANGES, TOMATOES, GRAPEFRUIT, OR RAW CABBAGE—at least one of these. VEGETABLES—GREEN, LEAFY, AND YELLOW—one big helping or more—some raw, some cooked. POTATOES AND APPLES—and other vegetables and fruits. LEAN MEAT, POULTRY, OR FISH—or sometimes dried beans or peas. EGGS—at least 3 or 4 a week, cooked any way you choose or in "made" dishes. BREAD AND CEREAL—whole grain products or enriched bread and flour. FATS, SWEETS, and seasonings as you like them. DO YOUR PART in the National Nutrition Program · Work With Your Local Nutrition Committee Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services, Washington, D. C.
