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Determine Energy requirements of school children and adolescents?

Table depicts the energy requirements of school children and adolescents,  as recommended by ICMR (1990).

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As per guidelines laid by FAO/WHO/UNU 2004, the total energy expenditure (TEE) is computed by double labelled water technique or heart rate monitoring. To this, growth requirements are added, as you may recall studying earlier in Unit 2 while studying about the energy requirements for children. TEE is calculated by using predictive quadratic equations based on median weight at midpoint of each year of age. These equations are given herewith. 

TEE (Boys) (Kcal/ day) = 310.2+63.3kg2

TEE (Girls) (Kcal/ day) = 263.4+65.3kg- 0.454 kg2

Occupational and recreational activities variably affect energy requirements. The WHO/FAO/UNU 2004 recommendations have taken this into consideration and energy requirements are calculated for children over five years of age and for adolescents with lifestyles involving three levels of habitual physical activity.


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