Table 4.
Overview of energy requirements and the energy content of the recommended diets, and discretionary energy for 4–75-year-old Danes.
| Age and Sex Groups | 4–6 Year (n = 208) |
7–9 Year (n = 218) |
10–13 Year (n = 269) |
Males 14–60 Year (n = 1206) |
Females 14–60 Year (n = 1289) |
61–75 Year (n= 761) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAL (moderate physical activity level) | 1.57 | 1.57 | 1.73 | 1.73/1.60 * | 1.73/1.60 * | 1.60 |
| Energy requirement (MJ/day) | 6.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 11.7 | 9.4 | 8.9 |
| Energy content in the recommended diets (MJ/day) | 5.8 | 6.8 | 8.5 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| Discretionary energy after robustness test (MJ/week) | 1.6 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 2.6 |
| Percent discretionary energy of the energy requirements (%) | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Portion size (kJ) | 450 | 450 | 450 | 700 | 700 | 450 |
| Max. number of weekly portions | 4 | 5 | 8 ** | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| Max. amount of weekly sweet drinks *** (cl/week) | 25 | 33 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 33 |
| Max. number of weekly alcoholic standard drinks **** | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (14–17 year = 0) |
7 (14–17 year = 0) |
6 |
* 1.73 for 14–17-year-olds and 1.60 for 18–60-year-olds. ** Maximum weekly portions were reduced from nine to eight for 10–13-year-olds to make the transition between age groups for children and young adults smaller in the number of weekly portions. *** Sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks such as sodas, juices, iced tea, energy drinks, and sports drinks (1 small portion = 25 cl; 1 regular portion = 50 cl). **** Alcoholic drinks may be included for 18+ if kept within the maximum limits of standard drinks (14 a week for males and 7 a week for females). One standard drink is approximately 450 kJ (beer ordinary (33 cl), gold beer 5.6% (25 cl), strong beer 7% (22 cl), wine (12 cl), liqueur wine (8 cl), spirits (4 cl)). **** If 18–60-year-old males choose to drink 11 standard drinks a week, all discretionary energy will be spent on alcohol. If 18–60-year-old females choose to drink seven standard drinks a week, there is a half portion left. If 61–75-year-olds choose to drink six standard drinks a week, all discretionary energy is spent on alcohol.