Nutritional Requirements

Question 1

Requirement of Calcium in different groups

Answer 1

Children: need 2-3 times more in mg/kg of body weight than adults.
Children (9-18 years): need 1300 mg per day
Lactating and pregnant women: need 1000 mg per day
Adolescent lactating and pregnant women: need 1300 mg per day
Elderly: need 1300 mg per day

Infants: essential for bone growth
Childhood: (1-3 years): 500 mg
(4-8 years): 800 mg

Question 2

Protein requirements

Answer 2

Most in:
- Elderly: to keep muscle mass
1.0-1.2g/kg to maintain muscle
If renal issues, 0.8-1.0g/kg

• Pregnant women: normal needs +10 mg
  Greatest demand for protein is in 2nd & 3rd trimester of pregnancy

-Lactating women: normal needs + 15 mg

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Protein requirement kind of decreases w age in the middle

Infants:
first 6 months: 2.2
second 6 months: 1.6

Childhood
1-3: 1.2
4-6:1.1
7-10: 1.0

Adolescence
11-14: 1.0
15-18: 0.9 (males) 0.8 (females)

Question 3

In the second and third trimester of pregnancy, intake levels increase for

Answer 3

Protein (idk) & Iron (30 mg per day)

Question 4

Iron requirement

Answer 4

• HIGHEST IN PREGNANCY:
  ABSORBED IRON (NOT INTAKE) IN TRIMESTERS:
  first: 0.8 second: 4.4 third 6.3 (which equals 30mg in intake)
  So, 30mg given as prophylactic dose, and in case of anemia 60mg

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