How many calories does a child need a day to be healthy?

Children and adolescents with vigorous growth need more calories than adults. According to their living and working conditions, the average adult consumes the following calories per hour:

(1) Light physical activity-consuming about 95 kilocalories per hour on average, including reading, writing, meeting, eating, watching TV or movies, listening to radio, sewing, typing, office work and other jobs and activities that spend more time sitting.

(2) Light manual labor-the average hourly consumption is 1.20 kcal, including standing for a long time, such as cooking, cutting vegetables, cleaning tables, washing small clothes, ironing clothes, walking slowly, giving lectures, working in the laboratory, typing quickly, selling goods, etc.

(3) Moderate manual labor-the average hourly consumption is about 65,438+070 kilocalories, including people who need more arm movements when standing (such as traffic police on duty, band conductor) or people who work while sitting (such as operating heavy machinery and driving tractors), sweeping the floor, making beds, painting, washing clothes with a washing machine, gardening, walking at a medium speed, etc.

According to this calculation, growing children need more than 200 kilocalories and 300 kilocalories every day.