Abstract
The mean dietary zinc intake of 8 young women was calculated to be 6.3±0.7mg/day (0.114±0.019mg/day/kg body weight) from the results of a 9-week dietary consumption survey using our own database on the zinc content of food. The mean plasma zinc concentration on the first day of the dietary consumption survey was 0.74±0.10μg/ml, and that on the day after completion of the survey was 0.78±0.13μg/ml. There was a significant correlation betweea zinc intake (per kg body weight) for the 9-week period and the plasma zinc level after the survey (r=0.793, p<0.05). Moreover, the zhlc intake in a selected period of the survey frem 4 to 6 weeks showed a high positive correlation with thle plasma zinc level after the survey (r=0.905, p<0.01).
