Abstract
A nutrition survey has been performed in order to analyze the daily diets of the population in a district where many heavy drinkers and patients of liver diseases have been found.
In this study the subjects have been the persons who received mass screening examination to detect liver diseases by physicians of Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama University Medical School. Results:
1) Many heavy drinkers were found where high prevalence of liver diseases were observed.
2) The results of nutrition survey showed the defects of protein and Vitamines-intake in general.
3) Lowered intake of protein and reduction in protein score seemed to be main etiological factor for liver diseases rather than alcohol abuse.
