. "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-4 Iron Requirement Distribution for 14–18-Year-Old Females (mg/d)
Percentile
0.025
0.05
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.95
0.975
Requirement
4.63
5.06
5.61
6.31
6.87
7.39
7.91
8.43
9.15
10.03
11.54
13.08
14.8
NOTE: mg/d = milligrams/day.
TABLE I-5 Iron Requirement Distribution for 9–13-Year-Old Females (mg/d)
Percentile
0.025
0.05
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.95
0.975
Requirement
3.24
3.6
4.04
4.59
4.98
5.33
5.66
6.0
6.36
6.78
7.38
7.88
8.34
NOTE: mg/d = milligrams/day.
TABLE I-6 Estimated Iron Requirement Distribution for 11–13-Year-Old Females (mg/d)
