Table 3.

Schofield [70] and WHO [71] equations for calculating REE

	Age	Boys	Girls
WHO	0–3 y	60.9 × (w kg) − 54	61.0 × (w kg) − 51
	3–10 y	22.7 × (w kg) − 495	22.5 × (w kg) + 486
	10–18 y	22.7 × (w kg) + 651	12.2 × (w kg) + 746
Schofield w	0–3 y	59.5 × (w kg) − 30	58.3 × (w kg) − 31
	3–10 y	22.7 × (w kg) + 505	20.3 × (w kg) + 486
	10–18 y	17.7 × (w kg) + 658	13.4 × (w kg) + 692
Schofield w/ l	0–3 y	0.167 × (w kg) + 1517.4 × (l m) − 616.6	16.252 × (w kg) + 1023.3 × (l m) − 413.5
	3–10 y	19.6 × (w kg) + 130.3 × (l m) + 414.9	16.25 × (w kg) + 161.8 × (l m) + 371.2
	10–18 y	16.97 × (w kg) + 137.2 × (l m) + 515.5	8.365 × (w kg) + 465 × (l m) + 200.0

WHO, World Health Organization; REE, resting energy expenditure; w, weight; l, length