The Nutritional Status of Civilians Rescued from Japanese Prison Camps

Abstract

SEVERAL thousand United States citizens interned in Japanese prison camps in the Philippines from the latter part of December, 1941, to the middle of February, 1945, received diets that progressively became so inadequate as to result in marked nutritional deficiencies. The turmoil at the time of release and the exigencies pertaining between that time and embarkation for the United States prevented a systematic appraisal of the nutritional status of these persons during that period. The arrival of these citizens in West Coast ports, however, provided a momentary opportunity to make an appraisal not only of the deficiencies suffered from the . . .