Average Dietary Energy Requirement

The indicator expresses the dietary energy supply des as a percentage of the average dietary energy requirement ader.

Average dietary energy requirement. For example in the case of a male population 18 to 30 years old with an average height of 1 70 m and an activity lifestyle with a mean pal of 1 75 the recommended energy intake would be around 11 7 mj day or 195 kj kg day which corresponds to the average requirement of men with a height of 1 69 m and a bmi of 21 0 who have a pal of 1 75. Food security in asia. Maximum dietary energy requirement in a specified age and sex group the amount of dietary energy per person that is considered adequate to meet the energy needs for heavy activity and good health. People who are active tend to need more energy.

For example people in their 50s need about 17 less energy in their diet than people in their 30s. Energy intake and expenditure. In an entire population the maximum energy requirement is the weighted average of the maximum energy requirements of the different age and sex. In addition household consumption and expenditure surveys hces could be used to calculate a similar indicator such as household average dietary energy consumption.

These include keeping the heart beating and organs functioning maintenance of body temperature muscle contraction and growth. The estimated energy requirement for maintenance eerm or actual energy requirement is the dietary energy intake that is predicted to maintain energy balance plus extra needs for pregnancy lactation and growth in healthy individuals or groups of individuals at current levels of body size and level of physical activity. Alternatively 24 hour dietary recall or weighed food records could be used to calculate total individual energy intake. Bthe estimated energy requirement eer represents the average dietary energy intake that will maintain energy balance in a healthy person of a given gender age weight height and physical activity level.

The energy needs of adults go down as they age. According to the fao the average minimum daily energy requirement is about 1 800 kilocalories 7 500 kj per person. A regular supply of dietary energy is essential for life and is required to fuel many different body processes. However daily energy requirements vary widely from one individual to the.

Rank country average daily dietary energy consumption per capita 2006 08 kilocalories kilojoules 1. Energy average requirement average requirement percentage of individuals lowintake usual level of intake highintake.