Abstract
In the previous report, it was conjectured that the infants' “Habe”, an endemic eczema and a kind of “milk crust” known among the inhabitants of Amami-Oshima, was closely related to the amount of garlic-salted pork taken by mothers during the nursing period.
The present study reports the result of the third survey made on informed, cooperative mothers to investigate relationships between the incidence of “Habe” and the kind of food taken by nursing mothers. The result appears to confirm that “Habe” is caused by heavy intake of salt, fat and pungent food by nursing mothers together with relatively insufficient intake of vegetables, the same as in the case of infant eczema.
