Energy Requirements
Terms of Reference:
The Terms of Reference for the Energy Requirements Working Group are to:
- Review and agree on the interpretation of the methods, definitions and assumptions used by COMA (1991) and FAO/WHO/UNU (2005) to agree energy requirements.
- Agree a framework by which to arrive at energy requirements for the UK population and its sub groups.
- Agree population based Dietary Reference Values for energy, and provide recommendations taking into account age, body size, levels of activity, gender and physiological state (i.e. growth, pregnancy and lactation).
- Consider the implications of these recommendations on the requirements for other nutrients.
Chair
Professor Alan A Jackson Institute of Human Nutrition, Southampton General Hospital
Members
Dr Anthony F Williams
Department of Child Health, St George's Medical School
Mrs Stella M Walsh
Consumer representative
Professor Andrew M Prentice
MRC International Nutrition Group, London
Professor Joe Millward
Centre for Nutrition and Food Safety, University of Surrey
Professor Marinos Elia
Institute of Human Nutrition, Southampton General Hospital
Professor Prakash Shetty
ESNA, FAO of the UN
Professor Chris Riddoch
London Institute of Sport and Exercise, Middlesex University
Dr Anita Thomas
Medical Directors Office
Professor Christine M Williams
School of Food Biosciences, University of Reading
Professor Ian Macdonald
Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham