1961 年 19 巻 2 号 p. 108-111
To know the nutrient intake and the amino acid intake of the aged, a nutrition survey was carried out on the aged in a certain institute in Saitama Prefecture, during from January to December 1958.
According to the result, the nutrient intake was lower than the Dietary Allowances of Japanese (1959). In comparing the intake of the essential amino acid with the provisional protein pattern (FAO), methionine, total of sulfur containing amino acid, and tryptophan was low, 81, 81, 74% respectively. And the protein score was 74.