Abstract
To know the size and cause of inter-individual variation of nutritional intake, 30-day dietary records and somatic characteristics of 42 fresh woman students (Age: 18-19 years) living in a college dormitory were analyzed.
(1) The inter-individual variation was greatest for vitamins A and C (ca. 12% as coefficient of variation: CV) and smallest for protein (CV: 8%) in nutritional intake, and the greatest and the next greatest were for body weight (CV: 14%) and lean body mass (CV: 13%) and the smallest was for proportion of fat to weight (CV: 1.7%) in somatic characteristics.
(2) Any items of somatic characteristics could not explain the inter-individual variation of nutritional intake.
(3) The amount of intake of nutrient per kg of body weight was inversely correlated with the somatic characteristic but hemoglobin content, which suggested the size of body had a significance in regulating the dietary intake in this group as a reducing factor.
