APPENDIX
I
TABLE 1-1
Median Heights and Weights and Recommended Energy Intake
*
Category
Age (yr)
or Condition
Weight
Height
REE*
(kcal/day)
Average Energy Allowances (kcal)*
Multiples
of REE
Per kg
Per days
(kg)
(lb)
(cm)
(in)
Infants
0.0-0.5
6
13
60
24
320
108
650
0.5-1.0
9
2 0
71
28
500
98
850
Children
1-3
13
29
90
35
740
1 0 2
1,300
4-6
2 0
44
1 1 2
44
950
90
1,800
7-10
28
62
132
52
1,130
70
2 , 0 0 0
Males
11-14
45
99
157
62
1,440
1.70
55
2,500
15-18
6 6
145
176
69
1,760
1.67
45
3,000
19-24
72
160
177
70
1,780
1.67
40
2,900
25-50
79
174
176
70
1,800
1.60
37
2,900
51+
77
170
173
6 8
1,530
1.50
30
2,300
Females
11-14
46
1 0 1
157
62
1,310
1.67
47
2 , 2 0 0
15-18
55
1 2 0
163
64
1,370
1.60
40
2 , 2 0 0
19-24
58
128
164
65
1,350
1.60
38
2 , 2 0 0
25-50
63
138
163
64
1,380
1.55
36
2 , 2 0 0
51+
65
143
160
63
1,280
1.50
30
1,900
Pregnant
1
st trimester
+ 0
2
nd trimester
+300
3rd trimester
+300
Lactating
1 st 5 months
+500
2
nd
6
months
+500
*From: Recommended Dietary Allowances, 10th ed., Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council—National Academy of Sciences, 1989.
^REE = Resting energy expenditure.
On the range of light to moderate activity, the coefficient of variation is ±20%.
^Figure is rounded.
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