METABOLISM AS AFFECTED BY GROWTH. 



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CALORIES PER KILOGRAM OF BODY-WEIGHT PER 24 HOURS REFERRED TO WEIGHT (EARLIER 



INVESTIGATORS). 



The general trend of the calories per kilogram of body-weight 

 referred to weight may be compared with the individual points noted 

 by other observers. This has been done for boys in figure 37 for the 

 weight ranges up to 43 kg. To avoid enlarging this chart unduly, 

 it was necessary to omit a number of values obtained by Du Bois and 

 published in the second paper on his studies with boy scouts. 1 The 



Cals. 



CALORIES PER KILO. REFERRED TO WEIGHT. 



BOYS. 



FIG. 37. Basal heat production of boys per kilogram of body-weight per 24 hours 

 referred to weight (earlier investigators). 



TABLE 29. Values outside weight range in figure 37 (Du Bois). 



four boys who were outside of the weight-range studied by us gave 

 the values shown in table 29. 



Aside from the values in table 29 and the infant of 5.5 kg. shown 

 on the chart, all the points lie very considerably above our smoothed 

 curve. If an approximate line were to be laid through these earlier 

 values, it would follow with reasonable regularity at a higher level 



1 Olmstead, Barr and Du Bois, Arch. Internal Med., 1918, 21, p. 621. 



