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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children (2010)
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. "Appendix I: Dietary Intake Data and Calculation of the Target Median Intake for Iron." School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2010.

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School Meals: Building Blocks for Healthy Children

TABLE I-1 Estimated Average Requirements (EARs) for Schoolchildren and Reported Nutrient Intakes at the 5th Percentile and Median by Age-Grade Group and Gender

Nutrient	6–10 years		11–13 years		14–18 years
Nutrient	Males (n=295)	Females (n=317)	Males (n=342)	Females (n=342)	Males (n=506)	Females (n=512)
Protein (g/kg/d)
EAR	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.76	0.73	.71
Intake at 5th	1.5	1.5	1.1	0.7	0.9	0.5
Median Intake	2.4	2.3	1.8	1.4	1.5	1.1
Vitamin A (μg RAE/d)
EAR	343	333	445	445	630	485
Intake at 5th	352	367	373	236	280	175
Median Intake	631	614	689	529	635	439
Vitamin C (mg/d)
EAR	29	29	39	39	63	56
Intake at 5th	36	48	43	24	32	19
Median Intake	83	90	92	73	90	67
Vitamin E (mg αT/d)
EAR	7.2	7.2	9.0	9.0	12.0	12.0
Intake at 5th	4.9	3.4	4.1	2.6	4.2	2.6
Median Intake	6.0	5.2	6.5	5.4	7.2	5.3
Thiamin (mg/d)
EAR	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.9
Intake at 5th	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.7	1.1	0.7
Median Intake	1.6	1.5	1.7	1.4	1.9	1.3
Riboflavin (mg/d)
EAR	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.1	0.9
Intake at 5th	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.0	1.4	0.8
Median Intake	2.3	2.2	2.5	2.0	2.6	1.7
Niacin (mg/d)
EAR	7.2	7.2	9.0	9.0	12.0	11.0
Intake at 5th	13.9	12.9	15.1	10.8	18.1	9.6
Median Intake	20.5	19.9	22.5	19.6	27.1	18.2
Vitamin B₆ (mg/d)
EAR	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	1.1	1.0
Intake at 5th	1.2	1.0	1.2	0.8	1.5	0.7
Median Intake	1.7	1.6	1.9	1.6	2.2	1.4
Folate (μg DFE/d)
EAR	196	196	250	250	330	330
Intake at 5th	310	322	415	228	361	219
Median Intake	553	536	640	477	647	442
Vitamin B₁₂ (μg/d)
EAR	1.2	1.2	1.5	1.5	2.0	2.0
Intake at 5th	2.5	2.5	3.9	2.0	3.0	1.4
Median Intake	5.1	4.6	6.0	4.5	6.1	3.8
Iron (mg/d)
EAR	4.8	4.7	5.9	5.7^a	7.7	7.9
Intake at 5th	8.5	8.6	10.9	6.9	10.6	6.0
Median Intake	14.6	13.9	16.2	13.3	17.9	11.8