幼児の食型態に関する研究 (第3報)

適正な三食配分

抄録

After calculating the caloric intake from the diet of growing infants and the calories expended from the time study of living activities, some desirable ways of distributing the daily diet into three meals were studied and the following conclusions were obtained.
1) The nutrient intake somewhat lacked in calories and there was also a shortage of calcium and vitamin A. The food intake showed a lack of rice, potatobread, potatoes, soy beans, yellow-green vegetables and milk.
2) Both the nutrient and food intake showed a high ratio from lunch and eating in the afternoon as shown from the distributive rate of each meal.
3) By dividing the expended calorie into three times per day—morning, afternoon and noon—, the approximate rate was 24% in the morning, 40% in the afternoon, and 36% at noon respectively for the average of both boys and girls.
4) The caloric intake showed an approximate rate of 24% from breakfast, 44% from lunch and eating in the afternoon, and 32% from dinner and eating at night.
5) The caloric intake from breakfast and the calorie expended in the morning were both balanced in accordance with the relation of the calorie expended and the caloric intake, but the caloric intake from lunch and eating in the afternoon was higher than the calorie expended in the afternoon. The caloric intake from dinner and eating at night was lower than the calorie expended at night.
It is necessary that the caloric intake from eating between meals should be considered from the food quality of between meals, especially in the case of infants.