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 and dietary energy recommendations for children and adolescents 1 to 18 years old: (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 and dietary energy recommendations for children and adolescents 1 to 18 years old

		*(introductory text...)*
		Introduction
		Total daily energy expenditure (TEE)
		Estimates of basal metabolic rate to calculate total energy expenditure
		Time allocation to different activities
		Physical activity levels of children and adolescents
		Dietary energy intake
		General conclusions and recommendations
		References
		Discussion

(introductory text...)

B Torun¹, PSW Davies², MBE Livingstone³, M Paolisso⁴, R Sackett⁵, GB Spurr⁶(with contribution from MPE de Guzman⁷)

¹Health and Nutrition Unit, Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama, Apartado Postal 1188, Guatemala, Guatemala;
² Infant and Child Nutrition Group, MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Cambridge CB4 IXJ, UK;
³ Department of Biological and Biomedical Science, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland BT52 ISA, UK;
⁴ International Center for Research on Women, Washington, DC 20036, USA;
⁵ Departments of Anthropology, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN 38152, USA;
⁶ Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53295, USA;
⁷ Department of Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Metro Manila 1604, Philippines

Descriptors: energy requirements, energy expenditure, physical activity, dietary energy, children, adolescents, time allocation