90 PHYSIOLOGY FOR DENTAL STUDENTS. 



This table shows us clearly that over and above the greater 

 combustion necessary on account of their relatively greater sur- 

 face, children require calories for growth. They must be fed 

 more liberally than adults, otherwise they starve. The table 

 further shows that boys must be more liberally fed than girls of 

 equal age and body weight, probably because of their greater 

 restlessness. It is on account of these greater food requirements 

 that children are the first to die in famine. 



