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Everyone needs calories. The amount of calories needed is dependant upon your weight/height and activity level. For example, a person weighing 350 pounds needs more calories per day than a person who weighs only 150 pounds. Although the 350lb per person needs more calories, they can burn more calories with less exercise and it easier for them to lose weight initially. Children do need calories, as well as adults but it is more important for children to get quality calories than it is an adult. For example, a kid eating macaroni and cheese for dinner every night is not providing adquate nutrition because the child is not gaining any vitamins, or minerals or protein, etc. It is vital for children to receive vitamins/minerals and protein for children from their foods than it is for adults.
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Do children need more energy than adults?
Adults need more energy in absolute terms, but children need more relative to their age and body weight.
How many calories do you need to get every day?
Adults should get 2,000. Children should get 2,500.
Why do adults eat more than kids?
Young children need the nutrition from food to aide their development (both physical and mental). This is particularly evident in teenagers who are going through puberty, and whos diet 'intake' may increase correspondingly because of a need for nutrition (often taken from food)
Why athlete need more energy than average adults . what an adults does?
because athlete has to burn calories
Why do teenagers need more calories than kids or adults?
teenagers need more calories then kids or adults because they are constantly active most of the time. they are also going through puburty which involves alot of energy.
Do children need more than adults?
no they dont
Why might children need more food than older adults?
Children need more energy to play.
Why might young children need more food than adults?
Young children are still growing so they need more food. Adults aren't growing any more.
Do children or adults have more memory?
Yes, because children are still growing up don't have much memory in their brains as adults do. Children still need to grow older for more information to hold but adults their heads are full from using when they were child. :)
At 2000 calories per day - where should the calories come from in terms of food groups?
proteins, carbohydrates, and fruits and vegetables, though please note children need more carbs then adults do, so if theres no kids, there shouldn't be much carbs
Do children need more fat than adults?
Yes, for better insulation
Why the healthy diets of adults and children may be different?
Younger children especially need more protein than adults because their bodies are still growing.
