Energy and Protein requirements, Proceedings of an IDECG workshop, November 1994, London, UK, Supplement of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1994, 198 pages): Energy requirements of infants: (introductory text...)

Energy and Protein requirements, Proceedings of an IDECG workshop, November 1994, London, UK, Supplement of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1994, 198 pages)

Energy requirements of infants

		*(introductory text...)*
		Energy requirements of infants based on energy intake
		Compilation of energy intakes published before and after 1980
		Total energy expenditure of infants
		Energy requirement for growth
		Energy requirements of infants predicted from total energy expenditure and growth
		Recommendations
		References
		Discussion

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Nancy F Butte

Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

Descriptors: energy requirements, energy intake, energy expenditure, energy cost of growth, infancy

The Advisory Group of IDECG recommended that select parts of the 1985 FAO/WHO/UNU Report on energy and protein requirements be reviewed for possible revision and updating. The specific questions posed were:

1. Do the 1985 recommendations need to be revised: what are the main arguments for or against a revision ?
2. What would your recommendations be at this point in time?
3. What additional work would need to be done to resolve problems that persist in this area?