著者

山田 愼三 甲賀 正亥

出版者

The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics

雑誌

栄養学雑誌 (ISSN:00215147)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, no.6, pp.172-178, 1954-08-20 (Released:2010-10-29)

参考文献数

2

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The authors have invested during 5 years since April 1939-March 1944 into 1200-3800 pupils of Toyooka Aviation Academy about the seasonal fluctuation of principal food and the relation between the basal calorie, weight of body, temperature and moisture, that is:(1) The seasonal fluctuation of principal food (monthly meandeviation of principal food) indicates the wavy curve as follows:This curve is estimated to represent the normal appetite of healthy Japanese young men and we named it “Appetite curve”(2) The relation between the appetite curve and the temperature, moisture, temp. × moist is, the appetite decreases during summer when temperature and maisture ascend, and in winter it shows the contrary. The correlation the two is:Appetite curve & temp. γ=-0.91±0.0524Appetite curve & moist. γ=-0.80±0.0723Appetite curve & temp×moist. γ=-0.02±0.0313(3) The relation between the appetite curve and the weight of body is, the body weight decreases during summer when the principal food decreases and in winter it shows the two is:Appetite curve and weight of body. γ=+0.809±0.0693(4) The relation between the appetite curve and the basal calorie is:Both the principal food, the basal calorie are low in summer and high in winter. The rate of principal food is more remarkable than basal calorie.This fact shows the close connection between decrease of weight in summer and increase of weight in winter.(5) The above relation between the appetite curve and the weight of body, temperature, moisture, temp.×moist is as the following graph.