Cultivating Diversity: Field Scattering as Agricultural Risk Management in Cuyo Cuyo, Department of Puno, Peru

Table 9.1
Predicted Caloric Requirements by Age-Sex Cohort

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Age Sex RMR ACT Total
1-3 M/F 586 87 673
4-6 M/F 771 139 910
7-9 M/F 905 182 1087
10-12 M/F 981 230 1211
13-19 M 1210 332 1542
  F 1213 333 1546
Adults M 1528 469 1997
  F 1199 411 1610
F     1798 Pregnant/Lactating

Notes

From Leonard (1988)

RMR = Resting Metabolic Rate (kcal expenditure)

ACT = energy (kcal) expended in daily activities

Caloric needs for pregnant and lactating women set higher than sum of RMR + ACT