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title: 'These breed danger: meals that are too meager, poorly prepared, low in protective foods'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/these-breed-danger-meals-1941/
description: 'Make America Strong set, poster 5: a photograph of a mother serving seven children at a crowded table of plain food.'
section: Collection
---

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[![These breed danger: meals that are too meager, poorly prepared, low in protective foods, 1941 US poster: Make America Strong](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/these-breed-danger-meals-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/these-breed-danger-meals-1941.jpg)

# These breed danger: meals that are too meager, poorly prepared, low in protective foods

Make America Strong set, poster 5: a photograph of a mother serving seven children at a crowded table of plain food, under the headline 'These breed danger' and three lines naming meager, poorly prepared meals low in protective foods. The word 'danger' over a family meal is a fear-appeal; a single selected scene is used to stand for a general condition (card-stacking).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

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

```
THESE BREED DANGER
meals that are too meager
meals poorly prepared
meals low in protective foods
[imprint:] Make America Strong (set of 13 posters) . . . . . Poster No. 5
[imprint:] U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941—O-292318
```

[← There's danger when people tire too easily, when minds are slow to think, when bodies can't fight disease](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/theres-danger-when-people-tire-too-easily-1941/) [These build strength: meals that are ample, well prepared, rich in protective foods →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/these-build-strength-meals-1941/)

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