Body-Weight. 



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there an actual gain in weight on any day. There was, however, a minimum 

 loss of 44 grams on the first clay of experiment No. 75. 



A number of the earlier experimenters have computed the per cent of loss 

 of weight from day to day in fasting experiments, by dividing the loss for 

 each day by the corresponding body-weight. Unfortunately it is uncertain in 

 several instances whether the initial body-weight for the day, the weight 

 at the end of the day, or the average weight for the day was used. 



Using the data of body-weights, the per cent of loss has been computed in 

 such a manner that all the experiments are comparable. The losses in terms 

 of per cent for the earlier experiments are recorded in tables 184 and 185 above, 

 and for the Middletown experiments in table 187. No percentages are given 

 beyond the seventh day of the different fasts. 



Table 188. Daily cumulative percentage loss from original body weight in experi- 

 ments with fasting subjects. 



1 Beginning weight of second day used 

 in calculations. 



2 Subject gained In weight. 



* Subject not weighed at beginning of 

 eighth day. 



4 No loss the seventh day. 



5 Subject ate this day 86 grams bread 

 and 25.5 grams sugar and drank 200 grams 

 tea. 



The cumulative loss in weight as the fast progresses expressed in per cent 

 of the original weight, has frequently been used by others in discussing the loss 

 in body-weight during fasting. Hence the total loss at the end of each day 

 expressed in per cent of the initial body-weight is given for the earlier 

 experiments in table 188. Similar computations for the Middletown experi- 

 ments are shown in table 189. 



