Estimated Energy Requirements, Harriet Lane Handbook.

Pediatrics

 TABLE 21-2: SAMPLE ESTIMATED ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR HEALTHY BOYS AND GIRLS OF MEDIAN WEIGHT AND HEIGHT, from Harriet Lane Handbook.
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Age Boys EER (kcal/kg/day) Girls EER (kcal/kg/day)
0–2 mo 107 104
3 mo 95 95
4–35 mo 82 82
Boys Girls
Median Weight, Boys (kg) Sedentary † (kcal/kg/d) Active † (kcal/kg/d) Median Weight, Girls (kg) Sedentary † (kcal/kg/d) Active † (kcal/kg/d)
3 yr 14.3 80 104 13.9 76 100
4 yr 16.2 74 97 15.8 70 93
5 yr 18.4 68 90 17.9 65 87
6 yr 20.7 63 84 20.2 61 81
7 yr 23.1 59 80 22.8 56 75
8 yr 25.6 56 75 25.6 52 71
9 yr 28.6 53 71 29.0 48 65
10 yr 31.9 49 67 32.9 44 60
11 yr 35.9 46 63 37.2 41 56
12 yr 40.5 44 60 41.6 38 52
13 yr 45.6 42 57 45.8 36 50
14 yr 51.0 40 55 49.4 34 47
15 yr 56.3 39 54 52.0 33 45
16 yr 60.9 38 52 53.9 32 44
17 yr 64.6 36 50 55.1 31 43
18 yr 67.2 35 49 56.2 30 42

EER = Estimated energy requirements.
∗ Weight and height for age at 50th percentile.
† See definition of sedentary and active PAL for further information.

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