Survey of the Health and Home Management of Farmwives (Part 1)

Relationship between Diet and Health

Abstract

The aims of this investigation are to promote health and to rationalize home management of farmwives. A given district has been specified for the investigation.
From among 297 homes in Fukama-cho, Anjo City, Aichi Prefecture and 281 homes in Takamatsuishiki, Akabane-cho, Atsumi County 50 homes each were chosen at random. The survey was carried on for two years from 1969 to 1971. The medical check-ups were entrusted to doctors. The living was surveyed by questionnaire-and-interview method.
Chi-square test showed that the excessive intake of fish affected the amount of protein in the urine at the 5% level of significance. The correlation coefficient was high at the 5% level of significance for fatigue and green vegetable intake and also for fatigue and milk intake. There were no correlations between fatigue and egg intake and fatigue and oil intake.