The basal metabolic rates of 89 national safety men with an average age of about 21 years were measured in november and december 1952.
The results are given in table 1-4. The average basal metabolic rate per hour per square meter of the artillery (22 men), of the tank men (10 men), of the engineer (37 men) and of the infantry (20 men) were 42.1, 42.0, 41.5 and 42.5 calories respectively. The total average B. M. R. of all subjects was 41.9cals./hr./sq.m. (table 5).
This rata is 13. 5 percent higher than Japanese standard value 36.8 calories of the same age range.
