de for
healthy children; in the feeding of malnourished or underweight
children, more food in proportion to age is given in order to overcome
the handicap under which they are suffering.

FOOD ALLOWANCES FOR HEALTHY CHILDREN[23]

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AGE | CALORIES PER DAY
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_Years_ | _Boys_ | _Girls_
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Under 2 | 900-1200 | 900-1200
2-3 | 1000-1300 | 980-1280
3-4 | 1100-1400 | 1060-1360
4-5 | 1200-1500 | 1140-1440
5-6 | 1300-1600 | 1220-1520
6-7 | 1400-1700 | 1300-1600
7-8 | 1500-1800 | 1380-1680
8-9 | 1600-1900 | 1460-1760
9-10 | 1700-2000 | 1550-1850
10-11 | 1900-2200 | 1650-1950
11-12 | 2100-2400 | 1750-2050
12-13 | 2300-2700 | 1850-2150
13-14 | 2500-2900 | 1950-2250
14-15 | 2600-3100 | 2050-2350
15-16 | 2700-3300 | 2150-2450
16-17 | 2700-3400 | 2250-2500
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CALORIES PER POUND OF BODY WEIGHT PER DAY.[24]

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_Years_ |_Calories per pound, per day_
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Under 1 year | 45
1-2 | 40-43
3-4 | 37-40
4-5 | 37-40
5-6 | 35-37
6-7 | 34-35
7-8 | 32-34
8-9 | 30-35
9-10 | 30-35
10-11 | 28-32
11-12 | 28-32
12-13 | 28-32
13-14 | 25-30
14-15 | 20-25
15-16 | 20-25
16-17 | 20-25
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After which time the food requirements are based on degree of muscular
activity, boys and girls of seventeen years and over requiring as much
food as men and women.

Children, like adults, differ in degrees of activity; that is, one
child may be very active, running and playing more strenuously than
another. Hence a margin of safety must be allowed to cover the energy
expenditures of the more active child, to safeguard it against
becoming malnourished.

To facilitate the computation of the food req