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[77] The European Food Safety Authority set the Adequate Intake at 1.5 micrograms for infants, 4 micrograms for children and adults, and 4.5 and 5 micrograms during pregnancy and nursing. [78] These amounts can be obtained by eating B 12 fortified foods, which include some common breakfast cereals, plant milks, and meat analogues, as well as ...
A 1995 research team's recommendation for children is that intake should equal age in years plus 5 g/day (e.g., a 4-year-old should consume 9 g/day). [94] [95] The NAM's current recommendation for children is 19 g/day for age 1–3 years and 25 g/day for age 4–8 years. [2] No guidelines have yet been established for the elderly or very ill.
Little improvement has been made between the years of 1990 and 2004 in reducing the rates of underweight children under five, whose rate stayed approximately the same. [2] Sierra Leone has the highest child under five mortality rate in the world, due predominantly to its extreme infant mortality rate, at 238 deaths per 1000 live births. [2]
Estimated Average Requirements (EAR), are expected to satisfy the needs of 50% of the people in that age group based on a review of the scientific literature. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA), the daily dietary intake level of a nutrient considered sufficient by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine to meet the ...
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The prevalence of undernutrition is highest among children under five. [24] In 2021, 148.1 million children under five years old were stunted, 45 million were wasted, and 37 million were overweight or obese. [26] The same year, an estimated 45% of deaths in children were linked to undernutrition.
Another estimate also by WHO states that childhood underweight is the cause for about 35% of all deaths of children under the age of five years worldwide. [6] According to a 2008 review, an estimated 178 million children under age 5 are stunted, most of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa. [15]