Abstract
A large-scale earthquake struck the Hanshin, Awaji area on January 17,1995, leaving more than 5500 people dead. And many lost their homes and had to take refuge in schools or other public facilities. This survey was performed to find out about the diet of the persons in refuge centers and its effect on their health. The subjects were those who had been taken to a municipal elementary schools, public halls or centers in Higashinada-ku, Kobe. The survey was conducted on weekdays from about 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. from February 16 to March 13,1995.
The diets at the refuge centers were classified into four patterns: (1) only the food provided, (2)the latter supplemented by volunteers, (3) supplemented by the refugees organized in groups, and (4)supplemented by the refugees shopping by themselves. On monthe after the earthquake, type (2) was the most common, type (3) being only observed in elementary schools where cooking equipment was available. The food at the refuge centers included very few vegetables and fish, and thus lacked sufficient vitamines and minerals.
The survey of the latter supplement was conducted to fill up the lack of nutrients and foods. The menues of them were pork stew (tonjiru), noodle and vegetables and tofu stew (kenchin jiru). Added these supplements to the foods provided,10% of energy per day were filled up. Only vitamin B1 of pork stew was sufficient among other menues.
