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): Protein requirements of infants and children: (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)

Protein requirements of infants and children

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		1. Introduction
		2. Protein requirements of infants
		3. Protein requirements of children and adolescents
		4. Protein needs during catch-up growth
		5. protein needs associated with infection
		6. Assessment of protein quality of weaning diets
		7. Future research needs
		References
		Discussion
		References

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KG Dewy¹, G Beaton², C Fjeld³, B Lönnerdal¹ and P Reeds⁴ (with input from KH Brown¹, MJ Heinig¹, E Ziegler⁵, NCR Räihä⁶ and IEM Axelsson⁶)

¹ Department of Nutrition and Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8669;
² Department of Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1 A8;
³ Section of Nutritional and Health-Related Environmental Studies, International Atomic Energy Agency, PO Box 100, A1400 Vienna; ⁴ USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030; ⁵ Division of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242; ⁶ Department of Pediatrics, University of Lund, Malmo General Hospital, S-214 01 Malmo, Sweden

Descriptors: protein, amino acids, nutrition, nitrogen, catch-up growth, diet quality