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

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

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		Introduction
		Energy requirements in normal infants and children
		Low energy intakes and growth velocities of breast-fed infants: Are there functional consequences?
		Methods to assess physical activity and the energy expended for it by infants and children
		Estimation and validation of energy expenditure obtained by the minute-by-minute measurement of heart-rate
		Assessment and significance of body composition in infants and children
		Total energy expenditure of free-living infants and children obtained by the doubly-labelled water method
		Reference data for total energy expenditure in early infancy
		Basal metabolism of infants
		Energy cost of various physical activities in healthy children
		The energy requirements of growth and catch-up growth
		Energy cost of communicable diseases in infancy and childhood
		Energy-sparing mechanisms: reductions in body mass, BMR and activity: their relative importance and priority in undernourished infants and children
		The desirable upper limits of energy intake in childhood: Short- and long-term consequences
		Long-term developmental implications of motor maturation and physical activity in infancy in a nutritionally at risk population
		Temperament, activity and behavioral development of infants and children
		The cultural regulation of infant and child activities
		Short- and long-term effects of low or restricted energy intakes on the activity of infants and children
		The relationship between undernutrition, activity levels and development in young children
		Indicators for the extent to which energy requirements are being met in infants and children
		Implications of new knowledge for recommendations of energy intakes
		Implications of new knowledge for the prevention and treatment of PEM in infants and children
		Implications of new knowledge for the prevention and treatment of obesity in infants and children
		Needs and priorities for research and action from the physiological point of view
		Needs and priorities for research and action from the behavioral point of view
		Needs and priorities for research and action from the point of view of policy
		List of participants

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Beat Schürch & Nevin S. Scrimshaw, Editors

International Dietary Energy Consultancy Group

Proceedings of an I/D/E/C/G Workshop held in Cambridge, USA

November 14 to 17, 1989

On behalf of the UN ACC-Subcommittee on Nutrition, the International Dietary Energy Consultancy Group (I/D/E/C/G) has been established for the study of dietary energy intake in relation to the health and welfare of individuals and societies by the United Nations University. Its specific objectives are:

1. The compilation and interpretation of research data on functional and other consequences of deficiency, change or excess of dietary energy.
2. The identification of related research needs and priorities, and the promotion of needed research.
3. The publication of scientific and policy statements and other information on the significance of chronic deficiencies and excesses of dietary energy.
4. The identification and promotion of appropriate and practical means of corrective action.

I/D/E/C/G Steering Committee:

- Dr. N.S. Scrimshaw, UNU, Chairman
- Dr. J.G.A.J. Hautvast, IUNS
- Dr. B. Schürch, Executive Secretary

I/D/E/C/G Advisory Group (1989/90)

One-year term:
- Dr. E. Jéquier, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dr. S. McGregor, Kingston, Jamaica
- Dr. N. Ndolamb, Cotonou, Bénin

Two-year term:
- Dr. G. Beaton, Toronto, Canada
- Dr. A. Ferro-Luzzi, Rome, Italy
- Dr. G. Pelto, Storrs, USA

Three-year term:
- Dr. W.P.T. James, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Dr. E. Pollitt, Davis, USA
- Dr. P.S. Shetty, Bangalore, India

The digitization of this publication was made possible by a grant from the Nestlé Foundation