FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS	ESN : FAO/WHO/UNU/ EPR/81/9 August 1981
	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
	THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY

Item 2.2.4 of the Provisional Agenda

Joint FAO/WHO/UNU Expert Consultation on Energy and Protein Requirements

Rome, 5 to 17 October 1981

THE ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN ENERGY INTAKE AND EXPENDITURE

A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE RECENT LITERATURE

by

A. Ferro-Luzzi and J.V.G.A. Durnin

National Institute of Nutrition, Italy
Institute of Physiology, The University, Glasgow, U.K.

I N D E X

INTRODUCTION

REASON FOR CHOICE OF PUBLISHED DATA

Energy Intake
Energy Expenditure

METHODOLOGY IN REVIEWED ARTICLES

ARRANGEMENT OF REVIEW

SUBJECTS IN REVIEWED ARTICLES

Energy Intake :

1. Preschool children
2. School children and adolescents

3. Adult males :

3.1. Light activity occupations
3.2. Moderately active occupations
3.3. Very active occupations
3.4. Elderly men

4. Adult females :

4.1. Light activity occupations
4.2. Moderately active occupations
4.3. Pregnancy
4.4. Lactation
4.5. Elderly women

Energy Expenditure:

1. Preschool children
2. School children and adolescents
3. Adult males :

3.1. Light activity occupations
3.2. Moderately active occupations
3.3. Very active occupations
3.4. Elderly males

4. Adult females :

4.1. Light activity occupations
4.2. Moderately active occupations
4.3. Pregnancy
4.4. Lactation
4.5. Elderly women

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

ENERGY INTAKE AND EXPENDITURE

MALES :

1. Preschool, school children and adolescents
2. Adults
3. Elderly

FEMALES :

1. Preschool, school children and adolescents

2. Adults :

2.1. Non-pregnant non-lactating women
2.2. Pregnancy
2.3. Lactation
2.4. Elderly women

GENERAL DISCUSSION

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