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Derive dietary reference values for energy across specified age and sex groups to establish average requirements for European populations.

January 1, 2013EFSA JournalOpen Access

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Expert panel report demonstrates average dietary energy requirements across age and sex groups, highlighting essential benchmarks for population nutrition.

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Derive dietary reference values for energy across specified age and sex groups to establish average requirements for European populations.
Calculated total energy expenditure factorially from resting energy expenditure (REE, via Henry 2005 equations) and physical activity levels (PAL values of 1.4, 1.6, 1.8, and 2.0).
Estimated adult REE using measured heights from national surveys in 13 EU Member States assuming a BMI of 22 kg/m2, and child REE using WHO growth standards and EU harmonized growth curves with a 1% PAL addition for growth.
Modeled energy needs for infants (7–11 months) and additional demands during pregnancy and lactation using doubly labelled water data and factorial estimates.
Established average energy requirements across infancy, childhood, adulthood, pregnancy, and lactation based on factorial combinations of REE and PAL.
Standardized physical activity level tiers to reflect sedentary (1.4), moderately active (1.6), active (1.8), and very active (2.0) lifestyles.
Incorporated specific energy increments for growth in children, newly formed tissue deposition during pregnancy, and maternal milk output during lactation.

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A 2013 study studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a82c3dbd15458f571d116a9 https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2013.3005

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