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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children (2010)

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix F: Data Used to Calculate Estimated Energy Requirements." Institute of Medicine. 2010. School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/12751.

Appendix F
Data Used to Calculate Estimated Energy Requirements

LIST OF TABLES

Table F-1 Median Heights and Weights of Male Subjects in the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III) as Compared to the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Growth Charts, by Age
Table F-2 Median Heights and Weights of Female Subjects in the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III) as Compared to the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Growth Charts, by Age
Table F-3 Physical Activity Coefficients Corresponding to Physical Activity Levels Used in Calculating the Estimated Energy Intakes of Children Ages 5–18 Years, by Gender
Table F-4 Estimated Energy Requirements (EERs) for Children Ages 5–18 Years, by Gender

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TABLE F-1 Median Heights and Weights of Male Subjects in the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III) as Compared to the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Growth Charts, by Age

Age (y)	Height (m)		Weight (kg)
Age (y)	SNDA^a	CDC^b	SNDA^a	CDC^b
6	1.20	1.15	23.59	20.70
7	1.26	1.22	27.05	23.10
8	1.30	1.28	29.93	25.60
9	1.37	1.34	33.45	28.60
10	1.44	1.39	41.82	31.90
11	1.48	1.44	44.45	35.90
12	1.57	1.49	51.27	40.50
13	1.62	1.56	54.91	45.60
14	1.68	1.64	64.77	51.00
15	1.72	1.70	66.14	56.30
16	1.74	1.74	70.64	60.90
17	1.76	1.75	75.18	64.60
18	1.75	1.76	71.17	67.20
NOTES: kg = kilograms; m = meters; y = years. SOURCES: ^aAnalysis of SNDA-III data (USDA/FNS, 2007a); ^bKuczmarski et al., 2000.

TABLE F-2 Median Heights and Weights of Female Subjects in the Third School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study (SNDA-III) as Compared to the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Growth Charts, by Age

Age (y)	Height (m)		Weight (kg)
Age (y)	SNDA^a	CDC^b	SNDA^a	CDC^b
6	1.21	1.15	24.55	20.20
7	1.25	1.21	26.45	22.80
8	1.31	1.28	28.73	25.60
9	1.38	1.33	35.00	29.00
10	1.45	1.38	42.18	32.90
11	1.49	1.44	45.27	37.20
12	1.56	1.51	51.00	41.60
13	1.60	1.57	58.50	45.80
14	1.60	1.60	59.43	49.40
15	1.61	1.62	59.00	52.00
16	1.61	1.63	63.36	53.90
17	1.63	1.63	66.43	55.10
18	1.63	1.63	64.55	56.20
NOTES: kg = kilograms; m = meters; y = years. SOURCES: ^aAnalysis of SNDA-III data (USDA/FNS, 2007a); ^bKuczmarski et al., 2000.

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TABLE F-3 Physical Activity Coefficients Corresponding to Physical Activity Levels Used in Calculating the Estimated Energy Intakes of Children Ages 5–18 Years, by Gender

Physical Activity Level	Physical Activity Coefficient
Physical Activity Level	Males	Females
Low active	1.13	1.16
Active	1.26	1.31
SOURCE: IOM, 2006.

TABLE F-4 Estimated Energy Requirements (EERs) for Children Ages 5–18 Years, by Gender

Age	EER (calories)
Age	Male	Female
5	1,658	1,557
6	1,742	1,642
7	1,840	1,719
8	1,931	1,810
9	2,043	1,890
10	2,149	1,972
11	1,985	1,813
12	2,113	1,909
13	2,276	1,992
14	2,459	2,036
15	2,618	2,057
16	2,736	2,059
17	2,796	2,042
18	2,823	2,024
SOURCES: Calculated using EER equations from Appendix Table I-8 of IOM, 2002/2005; median height and weight for age and gender from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts (Kuczmarski et al., 2000); and the physical activity coefficient corresponding to the physical activity level for the age group shown in Table F-3 of this appendix.