Activity, Energy Expenditure and Energy Requirements of Infants and Children (International Dietary Energy Consultative Group - IDECG, 1989, 412 pages)
The energy requirements of growth and catch-up growth
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Abstract
1. General concept of growth
2. Outcome variables
3. General principles relating nutrients to growth
4. Hierarchy of metabolic functions
5. Normal growth
6. Catch-up growth
7. Factors affecting net energy accretion
8. Extent to which colonic fermentation of carbohydrates contributes to energy requirements in childhood