A LONGITUDINAL STUDY ON THE PHYSICAL GROWTH OF INFANTS DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF LIFE AND THEIR BREASTMILK, ENERGY AND PROTEIN INTAKES / 营养学报

A longitudinal study was carried out on fifty infants selected from both urban and rural areas of Beijing for their body weights, heights, head and mid-upper arm circumferences, tricep and abdomen skinfold thicknesses, and breatmilk and energy and protein intakes at the 1st, 3rd and 6th month of life. The results revealed that the breastmilk intakes of these infants were ranged from 600-800 g/day during this period of time, the breastmilk intakes of the rural infants were higher significantly than that of the urban infant throughout the study period (P

STUDY ON THE DIAGNOSIS AND PREVENTION OF NUTRITIONAL NIGHTBLINDNESS WITH RECOMMENDATION FOR A NEW APPARATUS FOR THE DARK ADAPTATION TEST / 营养学报

Sixty-seven students suffering from nightblindness in a middle school in Peking were examined with a new apparatus designed by us for the dark adaptation test before and after the treatment of the disease during April, 1955. This apparatus was equipped with a series of holes with different luminosity. The time needed to see all the holes before and after the treatment with vitamin A, was 118 and 62 seconds respectively. In the following spring, a year after diet improvement program was started, there were no complaint of nightblindness among the students. In May, 1956, 49 students who had sufferred from nightblindness in the previous year, were reexamined with the same apparatus, and the time needed was 45 seconds When this result was compared with that of a vitamin A supplemented group (31 seconds), there was no significant difference.From the above findings, it has been shown that nightblindness can be prevented by improvement of the diet alone, and the above apparatus is suitable for the diagnosis of nightblindness for mass nutritional survey. The description of the apparatus is presented in the text.

STUDY ON THE ASCORBIC ACID REQUIREMENT OF CHINESE ADULTS / 营养学报

0.05) The above amount was enough to maintain the subjects two weeks in good vitamin C nutrition as judged by steady plasma ascorbic acid content of about 1 mg%. At the end of maintenance period, 400mg of ascorbic acid was administered. The urinary excretion of ascorbic acid in 24 hours was about 30% of the test dose.This method is reliable but not suitable for large scale analysis as it involves daily urine collection and analysis.The urinary excretion of ascorbic acid decreased during menstrual period in women subjects.

THE ASCORBIC ACID CONTENT OF LAHSA(TIBET) VEGETABLES, WITH OBSERVATION ON THE EFFECT OF COOKING METHODS / 营养学报

Determinations of the reduced aseorbic acid content of fifty different kinds of vegetables and fruits obtained in Lahsa, Tibet were carried out from May 17 to June 80 arid Oct. 22 to Nov. 7, 1952 with the indophenol titration method. Analyses were also made on the cooked vegetables prepared by quick frying for 3 minutes, quick frying and stewing for 13 minutes and boiling for 10 minutes in aluminum, iron and brass utensils.Most of the results obtained agree with those from 7 other places, namely: Chungking, Chengtu, Kweiyang, Gantze, Peking, Shanghai and Nanking. However, a considerable variation was noted among the same varieties of vegetables in the 8 different localities.Among 15 kinds of edible herbs analysed, 12 gave a considerable high value of ascorbic acid. The laminae leaf contained more ascorbic acid than the tuber. Therefore, such edible herbs and the leaves of tubers should be made use of as a source of vitamin C for the inhabitants in high altitudes.The loss of ascorbic acid content of vegetables varied with the method of cooking and the type of cooking utensils. During quick frying and quick frying and stewing, there was a loss of 5.0—41.3％ and 4.4—28.6％ respectively. When vegetables were boiled in brass pan, the destruction was several times higher than when boiled in iron and aluminum pan. It is suggested that the brass pan customarily used by the Tibetans be replaced by iron and aluminum one.

SEASONAL VARIATION IN PLASMA ASCORBIC ACID OF PEKING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS / 营养学报

Using the micromethod of Farmer and Abt, plasma vitamin C content of 9S boys and girls in a middle school was determined throughout the year 1954 to 1955. A dietary survey was also carried out every month of the year, for calculating the vitamin intake. The results of the present study are as follow:1. When the diet contains ample amount of fresh leafy vegetables in season, a satisfactory plasma vitamin C level can be maintained. When the diet is limited in fresh vegetables, plasma vitamin C readily decreases in those seasons.2. There is a significant seasonal variation of plasma vitamin C content Highest values are obtained in winter, the maximal content occurring in December. The minimal value is observed in June. This corresponds to the variation in the. level of vitamin C intake in different seasons. There is no significant difference between Autumn and Winter.3. No definite correlation between plasma vitamin C content and the condition of the gums was observed in the present study.4. The plasma vitamin C content of Chinese and English school children observed by some other authors was lower than that obtained in the present investigation. It is believed that the increase plasma vitamin C of the subjects in this study is mainly due to improvement of the living condition of the population and widespread education of the people in the fundamentals of nutritional science in recent years.

ZINC NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PREGNANT WOMEN IN BEIJING / 营养学报

Dietary intake and biochemical parameters of zinc nutritional status in 270 pregnant women and 44 nonpregnant women have been studied and the results were as follows: 1.Dietary zinc intake was about 60% of RDA in both groups.2.The mean plasma Zn concentration declined progressively during gestation; the mean SOD activities and plasma Cu/Zn and alkaline phosphatase activities increased progressively.3.The zinc nutritional status of pregnant women in Beijing was poor. Using plasma Zn concentration less than 10.71 ?mol/l as a low limit, the incidence of zinc deficiency was 6.5%, 20.2% and 25.7% at each of three trimesters respectively.4.Plasma Zn concentration is more sensitive in evalution of nutritional status than hair Zn concentration. Plasma Cu/Zn could reflect zinc nutritional status. The mean SOD activities had similar trend with plasma Zn during pregnancy, and positive correlation with plasma Zn in second trimester (r= 0.2236,P

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DIET AND THE GROWTH OF INFANTS DURING THE WEANING PERIOD (6-18 MONTHS) / 营养学报

The growth curves and diet of 185 babies in rural area near Beijing from 6 months to 18 months old have been studied. Infants were divided into 3 groups according to their diet taken:(1) 89 babies had breast milk only;(2) 66 babies took more than 250g animal milk per day besides breast milk;(3) 30 babies who did not have breast milk and only animal milk was taken. All the babies were gradually transferred to an ordinary cereal based diet during the weaning period. To half of them a soybean and cereal based formula fortified with minerals and vitamins was supplied, which would provide 6.6g protein and 141 kcal and some other nutrients per day.The results showed that the growth curves of body weight and height of children were much better than the data obtained in 1975, but still lagged behind that of the urban children, especially for the body weight. The weight curves of the babies who took animal milk seemed higher than the other groups. Female babies who were fed with breast milk and supplemented with the weaning food have a better weight and height curves than non-supplemented ones, but this was not seen in males. The hemoglobin contents of the babies who took animal milk when they were 18 months old were lower than that of the 6 months old, but there were no differences in the breast milk groups, and the lowering of the hemoglobin level in the animal milk groups could be corrected by adding weaning food in the diet. When the babies were 6 months old, 39.3% of them had a hair zinc content below the lower limit of the normal range, and it became to 47.6% when they were 18 months old. So zinc deficiency of the babies were present in this local area, and it should be fortified into the weaning food.

PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS OF CHINESE MALE ADULTS / 营养学报

The subjects were all Chinese male adults. The average age, body weight and height were 37.9 (24-44) yr, 64.3 (51.5-74.0) kg and 173 (157-180) cm respectively in the first group, and 30.2 (24-41) yr, 67.7 (56.5-70.0) kg and 171 (170-176) cm respectively in the second group.The subjects in the first group were studied for 70 days for the N balance response at graded protein intakes of 0.42, 0.60, 0.73, 0.90 and 1.05 g/kg /day on Chinese mixed diet, during 5 experimental periods respectively. Each period took ten days preceded by one day of low protein diet, and was followed by three days of free choice diet The sequence of protein intakes during the study was 0.60, 0.73, 0.42, 0.90 and 1.05 g/kg/day. Six subjects in the second group were given a mixed diet ata protein level of 0.93 (0.91-0.94) g/kg/day for three months.In the N balance data of the first group, all subjects were in negative balance at protein intake of 0.42, 0.60 and 0.73 g/kg/day and all in positive N balance at 1.05 g/kg/day. Most of the subjects were in positive N balance at 0.90 g/kg/day. The linear regression analysis of N balance response of individual subject is that the intercept at zero balance of individuals ranged from 129.4-192.5 mg N/kg/day with the mean of the group of 147.7? 18.6mg N/kg/day or 0.92?0.12 g protein/kg/day. The five of the six subjects in the second group were in positive N balance, when on a mixed diet of 0.93 ?0.02 g protein/kg/day for three months.The results obtained indicated the mean protein requirement of these subjects based on the linear regression analysis of N balance response of individuals was 147.7 ? 18.6 mg N/kg/day or 0.92?0.12 g protein/kg/day. If 97.5% is to be covered, the safe level of protein intake should be 1.16 g protein/ kg/day.

STUDIES ON THE EVALUATION OF SOME B-VITAMINS NUTRITIONAL STATUS / 营养学报

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STUDIES ON IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN Ⅱ. Therapeutic Effect of Iron, Ascorbic Acid and Iron Fortified Soft Drink Powder in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia / 营养学报

Seventy-five preschool children with hemoglobin content below 11 g/dl in kindergartens and nurseries were divided into five groups. The first, second and third groups were given 10 mg, 20 mg and 30 mg of iron in the form of ferrous sulfate syrup respectively every day for two months, while the fourth and fifth groups were given 100 mg ascorbic acid and 100 mg ascorbic acid plus 10 mg iron respectively every day for one month. The average hemoglobin content in the order of the five groups were 9.6?1.16, 10.6?1.34, 9.7?0.91, 9.7?0.85 and 11.0?1.86 g/dl respectively before treatment. After 1-2 months of iron or ascorbic acid therapy, the average hemoglobin contents raised to 12.0?.31, 12.0?1.06, 12.0?0.79, 11.0?1.86 and 12.7?1.37 g/dl respectively. There were highly significant differences (P