Delightful handwritten nutrition plan made by a 12-year-old Jacqueline Kennedy, penned by the future first lady on an off-white 8 x 10.5 sheet in blue fountain pen, (spelling retained): "DIET / Breakfast, Toast—no butter—milk—egg / Luch, Carrots—meat—one cookie—fruit / Super, Slad—Cake / Candy twice a day, Do not eat between meals, One ice cream a day, Eat 5 times a day." Kennedy has embellished her 'diet plan' with splendid ink and crayon sketches of six strawberry ice cream cones and a portrait of her sister, Lee Bouvier, enjoying a strawberry milkshake. In the lower right corner the notation "Lee 1941" indicates that the recipient of this diet plan was her 8-year-old sister Lee. In fine condition, with punch holes to the left margin.
A wonderfully amusing original sketch and diet plan for the future Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Known for her slim frame and strict eating habits, Kennedy, according to former assistant Kathy McKeon, maintained a daily nutrition plan of 'a boiled egg and tea in the morning, cottage cheese with fresh fruit for lunch, and a poached chicken breast or fish with a salad or steamed vegetables for dinner.' However, McKeon affirms that Kennedy never fully lost her sweet tooth: 'Sometimes we’d crash into each other at night in the kitchen pantry...She was eating ice cream out of the container with a big spoon. Not a teaspoon but a big spoon! She was a lot of fun.'
A wonderfully amusing original sketch and diet plan for the future Mrs. John F. Kennedy. Known for her slim frame and strict eating habits, Kennedy, according to former assistant Kathy McKeon, maintained a daily nutrition plan of 'a boiled egg and tea in the morning, cottage cheese with fresh fruit for lunch, and a poached chicken breast or fish with a salad or steamed vegetables for dinner.' However, McKeon affirms that Kennedy never fully lost her sweet tooth: 'Sometimes we’d crash into each other at night in the kitchen pantry...She was eating ice cream out of the container with a big spoon. Not a teaspoon but a big spoon! She was a lot of fun.'
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