Medical Studies on a Comparatively High and Cold Village (Soehimura, Chiisagata-gun, Nagano Prefecture)

Report II. Annual Alteration of Physical Standard in School Children

Abstract

Annual alteration of physical condition (body-weight, height and circumference of the chest) of school children from 1944 to 1956 in Soehimura, Chiisagatagun, Nagano Prefecture, was studied. The result showed elevation of physical standard in comparison with the average values on physical condition of school children throughout Japan in 1927. Influence of the World War II on physical condition of school children was not remarkable in this village. Since 1955, sudden elevation of physical standard of school children has been observed.