Studies on the preference of food of primary school girls. II. Relationships among the preference of vegetables, the status of mental and physical health and urine pH.

Abstract

An examination and inquiry about the preference of vegetables, FAT, and urine pH test were conducted on one hundred and two 10 to 12-year-old school girls and the relationship between them made clear. Adopting FAT for testing, questions concerning mental and physical health were picked up out of the whole inquiry items. The results were discussed after dividing the testees' status of health into healthy, average, unhealthy. In regard to urine pH, the testees' urine pH value was divided into group I pH≤5.87, group II 5.88≤pH≤6.21, and group III pH≥6.22.1. Regarding mental and physical status of health, the unhealthy group as compared with the healthy group showed an inclination to dislike vegetables. From the urine pH test, group III as compared with groups I and II showed an inclination to prefer certain kinds of vegetables.2. There was a correlation between the prefer of vegetables and mental and physical health, especially between preference of vegetables and physical health.3. There was no relationship between urine pH and preference of vegetables.4. A high degree of correlation was observed between mental health and physical health but no correlation was found between mental and physical health and urine pH.