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Estimated mean per capita energy requirements for planning emergency food aid rations / Committee on International Nutrition, Food and Nutrition Board, Board on International Health, Institute of Medicine ; Lindsay H. Allen and Christopher P. Howson, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on International Nutrition.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food relief--United States.
- Food relief.
- Nutrition policy--United States.
- Nutrition policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (45 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""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""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610258604
- OCLC:
- 270932614
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