1959 年 17 巻 3 号 p. 115-117
A nutrition survey was carried out on the children in a institute in Tokyo, during from April to November 1956, to know the nutrient intake and eight essential amino acid intake of them.
According to the result, calcium and vitamin intake was lower than the Dietary Allowances of Japanese. And their average daily intake of lysin being 2.99g., threonine being2.16g., methionine being 1.18g.. sulfur-containing amino acid being 1.01g. and tryptophan being 0.67g.
In comparing the intake of the essential amino acid with the provisional protein pattern (FAO), the intake of methionine, sulfur-containing amino acid and tryptophan was low, 81, 81 and 73% respectively.