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Energy Requirements of Children and
Adolescents
In the 2004 FAO/WHO/UNU report [1] , DLW
and heart rate monitoring were used to predict
the TEE of children and adolescents. TEE data on
801 boys and 808 girls aged 1–18 years were com-
piled from Canada, Denmark, Italy, Sweden, The
Netherlands, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Guatemala
and Mexico, from which prediction equations for
TEE were developed for boys and girls [10] :
For boys:
TEE (MJ/day) = 1.298 + 0.265 weight (kg) –
0.0011 weight^2 (kg^2 ) SEE = 0.518
TEE (kcal/day) = 310.2 + 63.3 weight (kg) –
0.263 weight^2 (kg^2 ) SEE = 124 (2)
For girls:
TEE (MJ/day) = 1.102 + 0.273 weight (kg) –
0.0019 weight^2 (kg^2 ) SEE = 0.650
TEE (kcal/day) = 263.4 + 65.3 weight (kg) –
0.454 weight^2 (kg^2 ) SEE = 155 (3)
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Fig. 1. 2004 FAO/WHO/UNU energy
requirements for boys 0–12 months
of age.
Fig. 2. 2004 FAO/WHO/UNU energy
requirements for girls 0–12 months
of age.
Koletzko B, et al. (eds): Pediatric Nutrition in Practice. World Rev Nutr Diet. Basel, Karger, 2015, vol 113, pp 34–40
DOI: 10.1159/000360315