The Calorie Allowances for Koreans D. I Kim, M. D.
Department of Physiology, Cellege of Medicine, Ewha Woman´s University, Seoul, Korea
The Calorie allowances for a reference man (25 years, 60kg, moderate work) and a reference woman (25 years. 52kg, moderate work) were given by the formulae which were recommended by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO).
E=152 W 0.73 3.000 Calories(man)
E=123.4 W 0.73 2,200 Calories (woman)
The appropriate adjustments were made for age, body weight (Table 1) and activity (Table 2) of adults other than a"reference man" and "reference woman" based on our report of" Studies of Basal Metabolism and Energy Expenditure of Koreans in Daily Life" supported partly by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The recommendation of FAO for the calorie requirements for children, the additional allowances for pregnancy, lactation and environmental temperature were adopted.
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