Abstract
Biometry and measurement of basal metabolism were conducted on 91 healthy men and women aged 61 to 86 years.
Results obtained were as follows
1) Morphological characteristics of the aged were inferiority in the circumferances of arms and thigh, but superiority in the circumferances of abdomen and knee-joint. Both DuBois' “height-weight formula” and “linear-formula” in calculation of the body surface area gave almost the same value even in the aged.
2) Basal metabolism per square meter per hour of the aged were 34.0 Cal. for men and 33.7 Cal. for women, which showed a very little sexual difference.
3) Calorie intakes of the aged amounted to 1780 Cal. per day for men and 1470 Cal. for women, which were nearly 10% less than the Japanese dietary allowance, because of their lighter activity.
