Physiology of Adolescence

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(Continued)*NutritionEnergy IntakeA committee on nutrition surveyed the literature for the White House Conference of 193049 and concluded that the information on caloric intake, particularly during adolescence, is meager. It also stressed that studies in general had not assessed the contribution of physical activity to total energy needs. Since 1930 additional data have clarified energy consumption in adolescence. The studies in general fail to relate caloric intake to physiologic maturation but tend to group data by age groups — that is, ten to twelve, twelve to fourteen and so forth. Such age grouping will obliterate changes related to . . .