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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777424903321

Titolo

Estimated mean per capita energy requirements for planning emergency food aid rations [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on International Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Lindsay H. Allen and Christopher P. Howson, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1995

ISBN

9786610258604

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (45 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AllenLindsay <1946->

HowsonChristopher Paul

Disciplina

353.56

Soggetti

Food relief - United States

Nutrition policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Estimated Mean per Capita Energy Requirements for Planning Emergency Food Aid Rations""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""1 Background""; ""PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND SCOPE""; ""MOTIVATION FOR THE SCOPE CHOSEN""; ""2 Estimating Energy Requirements of Refugee and Other Populations Requiring Food Aid""; ""HISTORICAL VIEW OF ENERGY RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""ESTIMATING ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF INDIVIDUALS""; ""Determinants of Energy Requirements""; ""Basal Metabolic Rate""; ""Physical Activity""

""Estimating Activity Levels of Refugees and Displaced Persons""""Energy Requirements for Growth, Pregnancy, and Lactation""; ""ESTIMATING ENERGY REQUIREMENTS OF POPULATIONS""; ""Theoretical Approach: Calculating the Estimated Mean per Capita Energy Requirement""; ""Calculation of the Committee's EMPCER for Use in Emergency Situations""; ""Impact of Changing Underlying Assumptions for Adjustment of the EMPCER""; ""Demographic Distribution""; ""Body Size""; ""Physical Activity Level""; ""Adjustment for Breastfeeding""; ""Adjustment for Recovery from Malnutrition and for Cold



Environments""

""3 Summary and Recommendations""""References""; ""Appendix USAID's Request to the Committee""; ""MEMORANDUM FROM SAMUEL G. KAHN DATED 7 SEPTEMBER 1994""; ""MEMORANDUM FROM TOM MARCHIONE DATED 7 SEPTEMBER 1994""; ""Background""; ""Issue""; ""Request for Professional Determination""