Abstract
This time we have made comparative researches especially on an obese child: first, on the condition of food intake in the family with obese children and in that with average children; then, on a preference between the obese children and the average ones; and further on the interrelations between the condition of food-intake and the food-liking rate.
1. Our research on the condition of food-intake found in the family containing obese children and in that containing average children revealed the fact that, except for Ca and Vitamin B group, the former has larger quantity of food; it is greater in fluctuating coefficient of Vitamins and Protein; there lies a greater difference in liking (for food) among the individual members of the family; and here lies a voluntary difference among them in Fat, Carbohydrate, Ca, Vitamin B and C group.
2. The family with obese children exhibits a tendency to prefer food of a high caloric value, such as cereals, cakes, oil and fats, flesh and meat, eggs, etc.; on the contrary, to take rather less fruits and vegetables, green or yellow.
Exactly in their preference for sugar, cakes, oil, soy bean-stuffs, other kinds of beans and fruits, a voluntary difference can be seen lying between the two kinds of families.
3. In view of preference pattern for the variety of food, obese children show a more preference for cereals, beans, marine products, ham and sausage; however, a less preference for green vegetables and fruits.
4. Thus we may well conclude: there is very little correlation between the intake quantity and the preference rate in the variety of food; and, except for flesh and meat and fruits in case of obese children, there lies no correlation between them.
