Abstract
The physique, growth of height and weight in a year and intakes of energy and protein were studied in children of 6 to 14 years old from a primary school (75 boys and 103 girls) and a secondary school (37 boys and 54 girls) in Koto-ku, Tokyo. The intake of nutrients was estimated by the results of a three-day survey on their diets in June, 1967 and 1968 for the primary and secondary schools, respectively.
Though their growth in a year did not differ from the values calculated on the national averages, their physique; height and weight, deviated diversely from the national and Tokyo average values. The values of allowance in nutritional intake; energy and protein, which was recommended by the Ministry of Health in 1969, were modified with the actual physique of children studied and also with retraction of safety factor; 10% in the allowance of energy and 70% in the protein.
The children of the primary school had the same level of energy intake to the modified allowance by the physique and the retraction of safety factor, and their protein intake had the excess of 30 to 90% to the modified allowance.
In the secondary school students, their energy intake was short of the modified allowance and the protein intake was in accord with it.
