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title: Just by keeping well you can help win this war
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/keeping-well-win-this-war-five-health-rules-1941/
description: Blue folded sheet with five cartoon roundels (eating, sleeping, a doctor's visit, a bath, play) and five numbered health rules.
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# Just by keeping well you can help win this war

Blue folded sheet with five cartoon roundels (eating, sleeping, a doctor's visit, a bath, play) and five numbered health rules. The headline ties personal health to winning the war, and the body text says nearly one-third of physicians are in the armed forces. The persuasion is mostly plain instruction; the technique is faint here, with the war-winning framing a mild glittering generality.

## 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

```
JUST BY
Keeping Well
YOU can help WIN THIS WAR
With nearly one-third of America's physicians in the
armed forces, we must save our remaining doctors' time
for serious and unavoidable sickness and accidents.
FOLLOW
THESE
5
SIMPLE
HEALTH
RULES
1. EAT RIGHT
These are the key foods: milk, butter, eggs,
fish, meat, cheese, beans and peas, fruit, green
leafy vegetables and the yellow ones, whole
grain or enriched cereals and bread. Eat 3 good
meals a day!
2. GET YOUR REST
Regularity counts most. You can't catch up on
lost sleep or missed relaxation! Try to keep on a
regular schedule every day. Take it easy for a
little while after lunch and dinner. Go to bed on
time, get up on time.
3. SEE YOUR DOCTOR
ONCE A YEAR
You have your car checked and serviced every
thousand miles. Do as much for your body. Physi-
cians can prevent many diseases and illnesses
for both children and grownups nowadays. Give
your doctor a chance now, BEFORE you get sick.
Go to see him!
4. KEEP CLEAN
Plenty of baths, lots of soap. Clean hands,
clothes, houses, beds! Get fresh air, sunshine.
Drink plenty of water.
[sign on mat:] BATH
5. "PLAY" SOME EACH DAY
Romp with the family, visit with friends, take
walks, play games—or do whatever you like to
give your mind and body a rest from the daily
grind on the job. "All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy."
```

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