Activity, Energy Expenditure and Energy Requirements of Infants and Children (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1989, 412 pages): The desirable upper limits of energy intake in childhood: Short- and long-term consequences

Activity, Energy Expenditure and Energy Requirements of Infants and Children (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1989, 412 pages)

The desirable upper limits of energy intake in childhood: Short- and long-term consequences

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		Abstract
		1. Introduction
		2. A conceptual approach to defining desirable intakes in infancy
		3. Childhood obesity and energy intake
		4. Individual susceptibility to obesity
		5. Desirable intakes in infancy
		6. Ambient temperature and diet-induced thermogenesis
		7. Should energy requirements be based on data for breast-fed children?
		8. The fat cell hypothesis
		9. The Dutch famine study: An early programming of adiposity?
		10. Links between childhood and adult obesity
		11. Experimental findings
		12. The effects of early feeding practices on the programming of metabolism
		13. Infant growth rates and long-term survival
		14. Conclusions
		References
		Discussion (summarized by W. Dietz)