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): Report of the working group on energy requirements of older individuals: (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)

Report of the working group on energy requirements of older individuals

		*(introductory text...)*
		General statement
		Recommendations on requirements
		Recommendations for future research

(introductory text...)

Working Group: JL Dupont,¹ JVGA Durnin,² A Ferro-Luzzi,³ SB Roberts,⁴ B Schürch⁵ and PS Shetty⁶

¹Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD 20705, USA; ²Department of Human Nutrition, Yorkhill Hospitals, Glasgow G3 8SJ, Scotland, UK; ³Instituto Nazionale della Nutrizione, Via Ardeatina 546, 00179 Rome, Italy; ⁴The Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, 711 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA; ⁵International Dietary Energy Consultative Group (IDECG), c/o Nestlé Foundation, P.O. Box 581,1001 Lausanne, Switzerland; ⁶Centre for Human Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2 Taviton Street, London
WC1H OBT, UK

Descriptors: energy requirements, energy expenditure, physical activity, research needs