Abstract
In order to learn if there is any definite relationship between the basal and the resting metabolism in the child and to compare it as such in the adult, the basal metabolism of twenty one institute. children, four to five years of age, and also the resting metabolism of ten of these children were determined in June 1965. The mean basal metabolism was greater in boys than in girls, amounting to 34.07±2.96 in the four year boys, 34.74±1.76 in the five year boys, and 31.85±4.18 calories per hour in the four year girls. The basal metabolism was correlated most highly with the body weight among the three factors; namely, the weight, the height and the body surface, showing r=0.724. The mean resting metabolism of 39.75 calories per hour has been found to be in the ratio to the basal metabolism of 1.19±0.08, and almost identical with the adult ratio 1.20.
