When you design your healthy diet, you want to make sure that you meet the dietary requirements to help you grow into a healthy adult. As you plan your menu, follow the following guidelines
1. Calculate your ideal weight as per your height from the table given at the end of this question.
2. An active child should eat around 55.11 calories for each kilogram desired weight.
3. 55 percent of calories should come from carbohydrates. There are 4 calories in each gram of carbohydrates.
4. 15 percent of your calories should come from proteins. There are 4 calories in each gram of proteins.
5. 30 percent of your calories may come from fats. There are 9 calories in each gram of fat.
Following is an example to design your own healthy diet.
Example
Ideal weight = 40kg
The number of calories needed =
40×55.11=2204.4
Calories that should come from carbohydrates.
=2204.4×0.55=1212.42
Therefore, required quantity of carbohydrate
=1212.424=303.105g=300g (approx)
Calories that should come from proteins =
2204.4×0.15=330.66 calories
Therefore, required quantity of carbohydrate
=330.664=82.66g
Calories that should come from fat =
2204.4×0.3=661.3 calories.
Therefore, required quantity of fat
=661.399=73.47g
1. Your ideal desired weight is ________ kg.
2. The quantity of calories you need to eat is ________.
3. The quantity of protein needed is _______ g.
4. The quantity of fat required is __________ g.
5. The quantity of carbohydrates required is _______ g.