日本人の摂取脂肪の量と種類について

第1報 予備調査

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It is well recognized that the quantity and quality of fats and oils ingested have closely to do with so-called adult disease, such as hypertension or heart disease. Few reports have been found, however, about what kinds of fats or oils are generally consumed among Japanese people.
This survey was done in order to know the above point, and 84 households in Tokyo and its neighborhood cities were selected for the subjects.
The results of the survey showed that fat and oil consumption was 16.4g per head per day on an average, and soybean oil was used most frequently.
Of all the consumed fats and oils, those from the vegetable sources were 67%, and from animal sources 19%, margarine being 14%.
In this survey total fat intake including that from the all foodstuffs ingested was not investigated, but, presuming from the results of the National Nutrition Survey, the ratio of consumed vegetable oil to animal fat may probably be 4:6.
Comparing the above results with the intake of U.S. people, the former is only one quarter of the latter, and an average Japanese intake calculated from the National Survey is almost one tenth of the U. S. intake.