A study was conducted to evaluate the physique, body composition, ⁴⁰K (body potassium content; K) and skinfold thickness of severely handicapped children and adults. Seventy-two subjects were classified by physical activity level into four categories, and these categories were combined into an ACTNE GROUP and an INACTIVE GROUP.
The handicapped children and adults were evaluated for body height, body weight, percentage body fat (skinfold method and ⁴⁰K method), lean body mass (LBM), K (g), K/Wt (g/kg), and skinfold thickness, all parameters being measured in 1985. The parameters were compared with values found between males and females, cerebral palsy (CP) and mentally retarded (MR), and the active group (AG) and the inactive group (NG) .
The following mean values were recorded: ACTNE GROUP (AG) , age 16, 9 yr; height 132.5 cm; weight 27.9 kg; percentage body fat %Fat (Nagamine) 17.8%; %Fat (Forbes) 31.2%; LBM 22.7 kg; K (g) 49.3 g ; K/Wt (g/kg) 1.79 g. INACTIVE GROUP (NG) , age 17.0 yr; height 132.7 cm; weight 22.9 kg ; percentage body fat %Fat (Nagamine) 15.6%; %Fat (Forbes) 35.2%; LBM 19.1 kg; K (g) 36.5 g; K/Wt (g/kg) 1.68 g.
The values of body composition (%Fat, LBM) estimated using the formulae of Forbes, Garrow and Behnke, by the ⁴⁰K method were compared with those estimated by the skinfold method (Nagamine) .
Results for physique, percentage body fat, LBM (kg), K (g) and K/Wt were compared between males and females, CP and MR, and AG and NG. One of the most outstanding characteristics of handicapped AG was that body weight, LBM (kg) and K (g) were greater than in handicapped NG.

A study was conducted to evaluate dietary intake, food intake pattern and blood composition in athletes over a 4-year period from 1988 to 1991. We measured the mean daily intakes (energy and nutrient intakes, PFC rates, minerals and vitamins) from 3-day dietary records for 110 highly trained male athletes (swimming, track & field, canoeing, soccer, cycling and weight-lifting) and 87 female athletes (swimming, track & field, canoeing, basketball and volleyball) living in Nagasaki Prefecture. We compared these measurements with the recom-mended dietary allowances (RDA) for normal Japanese. Energy, fat, calcium and iron intakes were below the RDA, especially for most female athletes and male weight-lifters.
The following mean values were obtained
[MALE] SOCCER (Senior High School boys) : Energy intake 3241 kcal ; Protein 106.2 g ; Fat 88.6g ; PFC rates P (13.2%), F ( 25.0%), C (61.8%) . CANOEING (Senior High School boys) : Energy 2830 kcal ; Protein 99.2g ; Fat 83.9g ; PFC rates P (14.1%), F (26.3%), C (59.6%) . TRACK & FIELD (Adults) : Energy 2870 kcal ; Protein 105.4 g ; Fat 89.3 g ; PFC rates P (13.2%), F (25.0%), C (61.8%) .
[FEMALE] BASKETBALL (Adults) : Energy 1866 kcal ; Protein 70.0 g ; Fat 51.9 g ; PFC rates P (15.0%), F (25.1%), C (59.9%) . BASKETBALL (Senior High School girls) : Energy 2421 kcal ; Protein 88.9 g ; Fat 90.9 g ; PFC rates P (14.8%), F (34.0%), C (51.1%) . VOLLEYBALL (Senior High School girls) : Energy 2290 kcal ; Protein 71.6g ; Fat 72.1 g ; PFC rates P (12.6%), F (28.4%), C (59.0%) .