HUMAN RACIAL RESPONSES 



increase in metabolic rate, if I remember correctly. In similar 

 experiments we did not see anything in Caucasian soldiers. In a 

 racial study of Eskimos from Anaktuvuk Pass a few years ago we 

 observed a maintenance of the raised metabolic rate even after 

 living for 2 weeks on Ladd Air Force Base and eating in the hospi- 

 tal. The problem of course is they were on an ad libitum diet and 

 we had no idea of the proportions of the various foods that they 

 selected for their meals or the supplemental foods they may have 

 eaten in town. However there was no apparent change in metabolic 

 rate from when they first brought them down to when they left. 



HANNON: It has been my observation, from watching them in 

 the hospital cafeteria line, that they avoid salads and green vege- 

 tables. They like potatoes and meat, so they may not be changing 

 the nature of their diet as much as you might anticipate. 



HART: Dr. J. A. Hildes (University of Manitoba) and I meas- 

 ured the metabolic rate of Coppermine Eskimos who had been 

 hospitalized at Edmonton, Alta., for several months. We meas- 

 ured the metabolic rate of Coppermine Eskimos who had been 

 hospitalized at Edmonton, Alta., for several months. We meas- 

 ured metabolism all night in the sleeping situation and found that 

 it was identical to that specified by the DuBois standards corres- 

 ponding to the weight and height of these men. There did not seem 

 to be any long term elevation of BMR after they had been living 

 under white man's conditions. 



HANNON: Are these ambulatory patients or bed patients? 



HART: They were hospitalized, but there were no active 

 tuberculosis among the test subjects. They had been suffering 

 various ailments, but nothing of a severe metabolic nature. 



ADAMS: How long had they been down? 

 HART: This varied a great deal. 



IRVING: Some of them were chronic, almost permanent? 

 HART: Yes. Others were there for several months. 



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