Dietary recommendations for protein intake for infants, children and adolescents | Knowledge for policy

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EFSA 2012 (pdf) ^a
	g/kg body weight/day
0.5 years	1.31
1 years	1.14
1.5 years	1.03
2 years	0.97
3 years	0.90
4 years	0.86
5 years	0.85
6 years	0.89
7 years	0.91
8 years	0.92
9 years	0.91
10 years	0.91
	Boys	Girls
11 years	0.91	0.90
12 years	0.90	0.89
13 years	0.90	0.88
14 years	0.89	0.87
15 years	0.88	0.85
16 years	0.87	0.84
17 years	0.86	0.83

WHO/FAO/UNU 2007 ^b
	g/kg body weight/day
0.5 years	1.31
1 years	1.14
1.5 years	1.03
2 years	0.97
3 years	0.90
4-6 years	0.87
7-10 years	0.92
	Boys	Girls
11-14 years	0.90	0.89
15-18 years	0.87	0.84

DGE 2019 ^c
	g/kg body weight/day
0-1 month	2.5
1-2 months	1.8
2-4 month	1.4
4-12 month	1.3
1-4 years	1.0
4-7 years	0.9
7-10 years	0.9
	Boys	Girls
10-13 years	0.9	0.9
13-15 years	0.9	0.9
15-19 years	0.9	0.8

NNR 2023 (pdf)
	g/kg body weight/day
6-11 months	1.1
12-23 months	1.0
2-17 years	0.9

ANSES 2016 ^d
	%E
0-5 months	7-15%
6-11 months	6-15%
12-35 months	6-15%
4-5 years	6-16%
6-9 years	7-17%
10-13 years	9-19%
14-17 years	10-20%

^a PRI, ^b Safe level of protein intake (average requirement + 1.96 SD), ^c reference values, ^drecommended intake

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