pound of weight per hour of activity, above basal metabolism. A few of 

 these are given in the accompanying table. 



Energy Cost of Activities^ 



Daily Energy Needs of Boys and Girls Boys and girls of a given age 

 differ in size, and they differ in amount of activity. It is nevertheless help- 

 ful to know the average requirements for large numbers, as given in the 

 table below. If a boy is both active and large for his age, his daily food 

 needs will be near the upper limit. If a girl is active but small, her 

 energy requirements w411 be about midway between the extremes given 

 for her age. 



Average Number of Calories Needed Daily- 



^N. Eldred Bingham, Teaching Nutrition in Biology Classes. A Lincoln School Research 

 Study, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1939, p. 50. Adapted 

 from Mary Swartz Rose, Foundations of Nutrition, 1938, pp. 606-607. By permission of The 

 Macmillan Company, publishers. 



2Henry C. Sherman and Caroline S. Lanford, Essentials of Nutrition, 1943, p. 84. By 

 permission of The Macmillan Company, publishers. 



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