A man administers a clyster to a greedy little boy who is laying across his mothers lap, his two siblings watch the scene with amusement. Engraving by J. Ouvrier after J.E. Schenau.

A physician examining the children of a poor Italian family. Lithograph by F. van Loo after E. de Jans.

Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Engraving by T. Cook after W. Hogarth after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

The healthy eating programme : an information service from Findus Lean Cuisine designed to support doctors, dieticians and health education specialists in the task of encouraging healthier eating patterns / Findus.

A poor man suffering from indigestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.

The Asylum for Female Orphans, Lambeth: the interior of the dining room. Coloured aquatint by Hill, 1808, after A.C. Pugin and T. Rowlandson.

A man resting after a drink; representing good digestion. Coloured lithograph by C.J. Traviès.

Teenage nutrition : identifying the solutions : one day conferences 2001 : February 2, York, February 20, London / National Dairy Council.

Britain entertains America / Stork Margarine Cookery Service.

A Greenwich Pensioner sits at table, eating soup, attended [?] by three others: all are disabled in various ways. Lithograph.

1 print : lithograph ; image 21.5 x 30.5 cm

Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 2/6.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 1/6.

We are what we eat. 1/3.

Poruntumuṇavum poruntāuṇavum / itu Pallāvaram Camaracacaṉmārkka Nilaiyakuru Cuvāmi Vētācalam avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappaṭṭa Makkaḷ nūṟuvaruṣam uyirvāḻtal eppaṭi eṉṉum nūliliruntu eṭuttut taṉiyēpatippikkappaṭṭatu.

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Food habits

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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 2/6.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 1/6.

We are what we eat. 1/3.

Poruntumuṇavum poruntāuṇavum / itu Pallāvaram Camaracacaṉmārkka Nilaiyakuru Cuvāmi Vētācalam avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappaṭṭa Makkaḷ nūṟuvaruṣam uyirvāḻtal eppaṭi eṉṉum nūliliruntu eṭuttut taṉiyēpatippikkappaṭṭatu.

Food habits

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Images referencing Food habits

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Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 2/6.

Dr Weston's Casebook. 1/6.

We are what we eat. 1/3.

Poruntumuṇavum poruntāuṇavum / itu Pallāvaram Camaracacaṉmārkka Nilaiyakuru Cuvāmi Vētācalam avarkaḷāl iyaṟṟappaṭṭa Makkaḷ nūṟuvaruṣam uyirvāḻtal eppaṭi eṉṉum nūliliruntu eṭuttut taṉiyēpatippikkappaṭṭatu.

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