Food Requirement

The kind and amount of food need by a person depend upon the following factors:

1. Age of the person: Young and growing children need more protein in their diet. Proteins are important in building up their body. Old people need less protein.
2. Sex of the person: A male need more food than a female. Similarly, a boy required more food than a girl.
3. Nature of work: A laborer doing manual work requires more food than a clerk doing table work in office.
You may be a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian depends upon the type of food you eat. The following table gives information about the amount of different food stuffs that children of your age should eat daily. This table is provided by ICMR.

Food	Requirement Dite for Vegetarian (10-12 years)	Requirement Dite for Non-Vegetarian (10-12 years)
1. Cereals	320 gm	320 gm
2. Pulses	60 gm	60 gm
3. Green leafy Vegetables	100 gm	100 gm
4. Other Vegetables	50 gm	50 gm
5. Fruits	50 gm	50 gm
6. Milk	250 gm	200 gm
7. Fats and Oils	35 gm	35 gm
8. Meat, Fish and Eggs	-	30 gm
9. Sugar and Jaggery	50 gm	50 gm