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Table 26 Energy intakes of boys aged approximately 5-10 years

   

Energy intake

  

Weight (kg)

(MJ/d)

(kJ/kg/d)

Source

Age
(y)

N

Mean

s.d.

BMRa
(MJ/d)

Mean

s.d.

Mean

s.d.

× BMRb

Boggio & Klepping (1981)

5-6

51

19.5

2.2

3.91

6.89

1.12

353

57

1.76

Durnin (1984)

5-6

93

19.5

(Median)c

3.91

6.90

-

354

-

1.76

Livingstone et al (1992b)

5-6

6

17.9

2.5

3.76

6.57

0.83

367

46

1.75

Narasinga et al (1983)

5-6

12

17.4

-

3.71

6.63

-

381

-

1.79

Brault-Dubuc & Mongeau (1989)

6-7

102

20.6

2.52

4.01

8.91

1.73

438

99

2.22

Martinez (1982)

6 7

89

22.4

-

4.18

8.03

2.05

358

92

1.92

Morrison et al (1980)

6-9

95 (white)d

23.8

(M)e

4.31

8.10

2.51

340

105

1.88


35 (black)

23.8

(M)

4.31

6.97

2.90

293

122

1.62

Räsänen et al (1985)

6-7

139

21.6

(M)

4.11

7.90

1.90

366

88

1.92

Salz et al (1983)

6-9

102

25.8

-

4.50

8.27

2.22

321

101

1.84

Brault-Dubuc & Mongeau (1989)

7-8

84

22.9

3.1

4.23

9.04

1.84

401

95

2.14

Livingstone et al (1992b)

7-8

6

25.4

6.6

4.46

9.75

1.93 (WDR)f

384

76

2.19





4.46

9.41

1.50 (DH)

370

59

2.11

Nelson et al (1990)

7-10

25

27.0

(M)

4.62

7.59

1.43

281

31

1.64

Boulton (1981)

8-9

17

31.9

-

5.08

8.93

1.81

280

60

1.76

Brault-Dubuc & Mongeau (1989)

8-9

98

25.4

3.7

4.46

9.43

1.73

375

63

2.11

Hagman et al (1986)

8-9

144

27.3

-

4.64

8.90

-

326

-

1.92

Jenner et al (1988)

8-10

434

30.1

-

4.91

7.45

1.80

248

60

1.52

Knuiman et al (1983)

9

133 (Finland)

30.0

5.0

4.90

9.25

1.63

310

54

1.89

9

117 (Netherlands)

30.0

5.0

4.90

8.75

1.38

293

46

1.79

9

109 (Italy)

30.0

7.0

4.90

9.25

2.13

310

71

1.89

9

114 (Philippines)

22.0

3.0

4.14

7.98

1.93

364

88

1.93

9

116 (Ghana)

24.0

3.0

4.33

7.10

1.40

297

59

1.64

Lopez-Jaramillo et al (1992)

9

78 (LSC)g

25.5

-

4.47

5.20

1.15

204

45

1.16i


36 (USC)

27.0

-

4.62

6.43

0.96

238

36

1.39

Sunnegardh et al (1986)

8-9

159

27.3

3.8

4.64

8.40

2.50
(24-h R)h

308

92

1.81


142

27.3

3.8

4.64

8.90

1.20 (DR)

326

44

1.92

Boulton (1981)

9.11

23

31.6

-

5.05

8.85

1.15

280

60

1.75

Brault-Dubuc & Mongeau (1989)

9-10

103

27.8

3.9

4.69

9.74

1.91

355

77

2.08

Livingstone et al (1992b)

9-10

6

30.2

8.4

4.92

8.95

1.36 (WDR)

296

45

1.82





4.92

9.94

1.38 (DH)

329

46

2.02

Räsänen et al (1985)

9-10

162

29.9

(M)

4.89

9.10

2.30

304

77

1.86

Räsänen et al (1991)

9-10

119

27.0

(M)

4.89

8.30

2.40

307

89

1.70

a BMR = Predicted basal metabolic rate (FAO/WHO/UNU, 1985).
b Mean energy intakes expressed as a multiple of mean predicted BMR.
c Median weight report.
d White = white children, black = black children.
e (M) = Median (NCHS) weights at mid-year.
f WDR = weighed dietary record, DH = diet history.
g LSC = lower social class, USC = upper social class.
b 24-h R = 24-h recall, DR = diet records (estimated from household measures).
i Excluded from Table 31 because × BMR was < 1.39.

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