sentences:  During World War I, US President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation calling for every Tuesday to be meatless and for one meatless meal to be observed every day, for a total of nine meatless meals each week.The United States Food Administration (USFA) urged families to reduce consumption of key staples to help the war effort and avoid rationing.Conserving food would support U.S. troops as well as feed populations in Europe where food production and distribution had been disrupted by the war.