Influence of the World War II Food Shortage on the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Japan
Influence of the World War II Food Shortage on the Incidence of Diabetes Mellitus in Japan
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二战粮食短缺对日本糖尿病发病率的影响
作者：
Y. Gotō;Y. Nakayama;T. Yagi
在第二次世界大战期间和之后的几年里，日本人的营养状况非常差。因饥饿而死亡的情况并不罕见，较轻程度的营养不良也很常见。在此期间，糖尿病的发病率明显下降。这一现象与第一次世界大战期间Gottstein和Umber， Singer和Elias以及Beckert在德国观察到的现象相似，许多日本工人也报道了这一现象，他们认为原因是热量摄入不足。Kaito和他的同事发表了关于从1936年到1946年在我们诊所住院的患者糖尿病发病率的统计研究。本报告将对1936年至1956年期间的门诊病人和住院病人进行更详细的分析性审议。
During World War II and for a few years thereafter, the nutrition of the Japanese people was extremely poor. Death from starvation was not rare, and lesser degrees of malnutrition were commonly encountered. During this period the incidence of diabetes mellitus decreased markedly. This phenomenon, similar to that observed during World War I in Germany by Gottstein and Umber, Singer and Elias, and Beckert, has been reported by many Japanese workers who have considered the cause as deficient caloric intake.Kaito and his co-workers have published statistical studies on the incidence of diabetes mellitus in patients hospitalized in our clinic from 1936 through 1946. In the present report more detailed analytical consideration will be given to the outpatients as well as to the hospitalized cases during 1936 through 1956.