Nakatsuka H, Satoh H, Watanabe T, Ikeda M
Department of Environmental Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai.
Tohoku J Exp Med. 1990 Jan;160(1):11-7. doi: 10.1620/tjem.160.11.
Right after a large-scale merge involving 2 cities and 2 towns in 1987-1988 to form an enlarged city of Sendai, the body habitus of school children (in the 6th year-grade in primary schools and 3rd year-grade in junior high schools) were compared among the 4 regions (called by the pre-merge names of Akiu, Izumi, Miyagi and Sendai). The analysis showed that primary school boys in Sendai are taller and heavier than the boys in Izumi, and Izumi boys are heavier than Akiu boys. In junior high schools, Izumi girls are taller than Sendai girls with smaller Rohrer's and Quetlet's index. The observation indicates that the difference in body habitus is present in agreement with variation in the extent of urbanization in the regions.
1987年至1988年，仙台市进行了大规模合并，由两个城市和两个城镇合并为一个扩大后的城市。合并后，对四个地区（沿用合并前的名称秋保、泉、宫城和仙台）的学童（小学六年级和初中三年级）的身体形态进行了比较。分析表明，仙台的小学男生比泉地区的男生更高更重，泉地区的男生比秋保地区的男生更重。在初中，泉地区的女生比仙台地区的女生更高，且罗勒指数和克托莱指数更小。观察结果表明，身体形态的差异与各地区城市化程度的差异一致。
