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Table 31 Energy intakes of subjects (sexes combined) aged 1-5 years, and of boys and girls aged 5-10 years compared with current FAO/WHO/UNU (1985) estimated requirements
Energy
intakea |
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(MJ/d) |
(kJ/kg/d) |
(kcal/kg/d) |
× BMR |
FAO/WHO/UNU
(1985) requirements |
Percentage
difference (%)b |
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Age (y) |
Studies n |
Subjects n |
Mean |
s.d. |
Mean |
s.d. |
Mean |
s.d. |
Mean |
(MJ/d) |
(kJ/kg/d) |
(MJ/d) |
(kJ/kg/d) |
Sexes
combined |
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1-2 |
12 |
927 |
4.17 |
0.82 |
375 |
74 |
90 |
18 |
1.54 |
4.80 |
439 |
- 13.1 |
- 14.6 |
(Range
3.39-4.96) |
(Range
325-451) |
(Range 1.38-1.79) |
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2-3 |
11 |
835 |
4.92 |
1.08 |
367 |
81 |
88 |
19 |
1.51 |
5.70 |
418 |
-13.7 |
-12.2 |
(Range
4.03-5.80) |
(Range
310-407) |
(Range 1.30-1.76) |
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3-5 |
22 |
2460 |
5.76 |
1.15 |
345 |
67 |
82 |
16 |
1.53 |
6.50 |
397 |
-11.4 |
-13.1 |
(Range
4.60-6.90) |
(Range
277-408) |
(Range 1.31-1.80) |
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Boys |
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5-6 |
6 |
273c |
7.06 |
1.05 |
363 |
53 |
87 |
13 |
1.80 |
7.57 |
385 |
- 6.7 |
- 5.7 |
(Range
5.36-8.09) |
(Range
312-395) |
(Range 1.44-2.02) |
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6-7 |
4 |
544 |
7.82 |
1.88 |
360 |
87 |
86 |
21 |
1.90 |
7.94 |
368 |
-1.5 |
-2.2 |
|
(Range
7.17-8.91) |
(Range
320-438) |
(Range 1.92-2.22) |
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7-8 |
6 |
436 |
8.41 |
2.29 |
352 |
100 |
84 |
24 |
1.94 |
8.32 |
347 |
+ 1.1 |
+ 1.4 |
(Range
6.97-9.58) |
(Range
293-401) |
(Range 1.62-2.14) |
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8-9 |
7 |
996 |
8.13 |
1.79 |
289 |
62 |
69 |
15 |
1.72 |
8.66 |
322 |
-6.1 |
- 10.2 |
(Range
7.45-9.43) |
(Range
248-375) |
(Range 1.64-2.11) |
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9-10 |
7 |
1085 |
8.75 |
1.81 |
314 |
66 |
75 |
16 |
1.83 |
8.99 |
301 |
-2.7 |
+4.3 |
(Range
7.10-9.74) |
(Range
280-364) |
(Range 1.64-2.08) |
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Girls |
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5-6 |
6 |
288 |
6.64 |
0.96 |
349 |
50 |
83 |
12 |
1.72 |
6.81 |
368 |
-2.5 |
-5.2 |
|
(Range
5.36-8.09) |
(Range
312-395) |
(Range 1.44-2.02) |
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6 7 |
4 |
556 |
7.21 |
1.52 |
342 |
66 |
82 |
16 |
1.78 |
7.11 |
347 |
+1.4 |
-1.4 |
(Range
6.80-7.86) |
(Range
320-416) |
(Range 1.70-2.04) |
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7-8 |
6 |
402 |
8.05 |
2.13 |
343 |
93 |
82 |
22 |
1.88 |
7.40 |
318 |
+8.8 |
+7.9 |
|
(Range
6.08-8.25) |
(Range
255-398) |
(Range 1.41-2.04) |
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8-9 |
7 |
1026 |
7.47 |
1.69 |
266 |
62 |
64 |
15 |
1.58 |
7.65 |
268 |
-2.4 |
-0.7 |
(Range
6.92-8.21) |
(Range
236-358) |
(Range 1.50-1.92) |
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9-10 |
6 |
469 |
8.14 |
1.75 |
283 |
67 |
68 |
16 |
1.68 |
7.86 |
259 |
+3 6 |
+9.3 |
(Range
7.62-8.38) |
(Range
220-321) |
(Range 1.43-1.83) |
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a Energy intake data
(MJ/d, kJ/kg/d, × BMR) expressed as weighted means. s.d. estimated from 
(n = number of studies). For
studies where s.d. was not reported the mean CV of other studies in that group was
assumed.
b Percentage difference =
(energy intake - FAO/WHO/UNU estimated requirement)/estimated requirement × 100.
c Sample sizes for 5-10 year olds include
studies listed in Table 30 and assume equal numbers of boys and girls.