What is the average amount of calories a 12 year old should consume a day?
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2,200 calories (approximately).\n\n"Older children, teen girls, active women, most mean\n\nCalories: 2,200\n\nFood Groups        \nGrain group**  9 \nVegetable group  4 \nFruit group  3 \nMilk, Yogurt and Cheese group  2 or 3*  \nMeat and Beans group  2, for a total of 6 ounces"\n\nGo here: http://fcs.tamu.edu/health/Health_Education_Rural_Outreach/Health_Hints/2004/january/childhood_overweight_part_2.php\n\nAlso check this out: http://www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/Publications/PDFs/EB366.pdf#search='12%20year%20oldcalories'
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well i'll tell you. if your 13 you're still growing which is normal. if your 156 pounds at 5'6" thats normal too. should you be that  big at age 13,  i dont know. but it seems that kids are growing up faster now a days due to all the chemicals in the food supply. as for you appetite, its normal since your growing. just remember to use some self control and eat healthy. dont carry that eating habit onto your teenage years and so on. eat bout 4-6 meals a day but eat small healthy portions. dont EVER eat to make yourself full. just eat to get past hunger. what this does is it keeps your metabolism high so that you dont stack on the pounds. and remember to stay active. dont be in your room all day playing video games or being online.
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Depends on the age really..if you can handle something like Pedialyte (for kids really) then that's good for you.  Typically I sip 7up or Sprite and eat crackers, very few crackers..slowly.
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Ask any 12 year old.  They can tell you.
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OK, if you were to just eat your choice of calories up to 1200 you need to consider some things. Yes, you will lose weight, but you may gain body fat. \n\nTake pies for example. They contain about 400 calories. You could eat 3 pies per day and be within 1200 calories. But, what you need to consider is that there is about 30g of fat in each pie so you will be consuming 90g fat. Carbs is about 120g, protein is 60g. In all you can't get all your nutrients so it's not a great diet. \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. Stop making some major mistakes wake up earlier and get active earlier your metabolism is sluggish and needs to be woken up this is half your problem. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. No gym involved. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - multigrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, go hard up stair wells and cycling. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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Thank God someone's asked instead of blindly following the newest fad diet in the media!\n\nAn adult human being should get between 2000 and 2500 calories per day, with females sticking closer to the low side of this range and males sticking closer to the high side of it, and the food they eat should break down this way:\n\nFats-- A female should consume no more than 60 grams of fat per day, a male no more than 65.\n\nProtein-- This one can get a bit complex to figure out since the actual formula is to take your body weight in kilograms, multiply by 0.8, and convert that number into grams in order to determine how much protein you need to consume a day, then figure out how many grams of protein are in the food you eat... but since there are seven grams in each ounce of meat you eat no matter which meat it really is, and there are 28 grams to an ounce, I'm going to simplify the math.\n\nMultiply your optimum body weight (in other words, how much you should weigh it you're not overweight), by 1.45 to find out how many grams of meat you should eat.  Divide by 28 to convert into ounces.\n\nFor instance, considering my body weight should be 180 pounds, I would multiply that by 1.45, and get 261 grams.  If I divide by 28, I end up with 9.3 ounces of meat per day, which is absolutely right for someone my size.\n\nNot only do I not need any more protein than that, my body really can't use any more than that (and that holds true for everyone else, as well).\n\nGenerally speaking, if you consume between eight and twelve ounces of meat per day, though, you've got all the protein your body is ever going to use... and make sure to break that into smaller portions, because your body can't really absorb more than 20 or so grams of protein at any time.  It's very hard to digest and use... and no, contrary to the opinion of the "lo-carb" people, protein isn't the best fuel for your body, it's the WORST.  Your body CANNOT digest and use large amounts of protein, and it cannot burn it for energy under any circumstances, which is why the lo-carb diet works.  It's tricking you into eating a lot of things your body simply can't use so you don't know you're actually slowly starving to death.\n\nCarbohydrates:  An adult human should consume a minimum of 300 grams of carbohydrates per day.  Notice, 65 grams of fat, about 60 or so grams of protein, 300 grams of carbohydrates.  That means the vast majority of what you eat should have carbohydrates in it (grains, vegetables, and fruits).  Your body needs carbohydrates to burn for energy because that's what it was designed to burn, and it needs the sugar produced by them to feed your brain (it cannot consume any other fuel whatsoever), and it needs the fiber which comes in those foods to keep both your bloodstream and your digestive system scrubbed clean and running smoothly.\n\nAgain, contrary to the "lo-carb" diet people, your body cannot, it cannot, it CANNOT convert carbohydrates to fat.  NOT EVER.  It converts a bit of it to glycogen and a bit to triglycerides stored in the liver, and that's it.  None of your carbs go to your love handles, your belly, your butt, etc.  Not a single calorie of it.\n\n\nHow does this work out calorically?\n\nWell, protein and carbohydrates both have four calories per gram.  Fat has nine.  If I sat down and multiplied out the amounts I gave you, I would discover I should get the following calorie spread:\n\nFat:  585 calories\nProtein:  261 calories\nCarbohydrates:  1200 calories.\n\nThat means I should get a total of 2046 calories, and that just over 1/4 of them should come from fat... which is exactly what a doctor would tell me I should eat.  Since I can eat up to 2500 calories a day, but that I cannot eat any more fat than I already have taken into account, I can consume a bit more protein and carbohydrates just in case I want an extra snack or something... and my dietary calories stay pe
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Eat 500 calories less per day.
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It depends on how active you are, but I believe that if you eat less than 1200 calories a day then your body goes into starvation mode, and your metabolism slows down.
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It's different for everyone'\n\ntry www.fitday.com  it will help you show how many you need to eat and burn everyday
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And your question is?  \nHow old are you? (12) \nWhat do you do for exercise?  \n47 kilograms is not overweight if you are at lease 5 foot tall.  \nIf you think you are a little fat then maybe you need to exercise and eat healthy food. Eat plenty of fruit and protein.  At twelve years old you need plenty of good healthy food and plenty of sleep plus plenty of water and exercise.  You need to still have fun.  Try to get outside and get some fresh air.  Turn the computer off after a hour of sitting in front of it, stretch and get some exercise.
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To find out how many calories you should eat a day, you need to calculate your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) and AMR (Active Metabolic Rate) which is equal to your Total Energy Requirement.  Here's a tool for a rough estimate.\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/bmr.html\n\nIf you want to gain more muscle you'll have to maintain a daily calorie surplus (above your total energy requirement).  If you want to lose weight you'll have to maintain a daily calorie deficit (below your total energy requirement).  You're already within a healthy weight range so that's great.
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1200 to 1500 per day, in balanced amounts of proten, carbohydrates and fat.
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I have an 17 year old daughter who is at this time 5'6 91 lbs.\nWe have started a program of 500 calories a day more than her normal eating habits of 1000 calories a day and within\na month we hope to have her at 2000 calories a day.\nWe have also started a cardio and weight training program to gain lean muscle mass not fat, Lot's of pasta, chicken, fish, fruit, whole milk, and protein shakes we prefer Muscle milk for it's taste and calories.Good eating habits are hard to keep up with at any age but you can get pretty creative with good foods and protein shakes.REMEMBER GAIN MUSCLE NOT FAT  good luck
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If you are 12 years old you are probably eating a lot because your body is growing, which is good, but make sure you are eating the right things. I was captain of my squad six years in a row, and girl...let me tell you...you are gonna be proud of those legs when stunting time comes. Because you have larger legs, you will probably be a base, and all your power comes from your legs. If you want to get them smaller, eat small, healthy meals every 3 hours during the day. Keep an apple or wheat crackers in your backpack and drink lots and lots of water. Lunges always helped me to keep my legs and butt toned and looking great. A piece of advice I was once given to slim up my thighs was to sprint (run really fast) a short distance, barefoot, in the grass. It targets muscles you normally wouldn't use...the muscles that you want to trim down. But never ever be discouraged by  your size, because cheerleading is all about power. Remember:\nATHLETES LIFT WEIGHTS BUT\nCHEERLEADERS LIFT ATHLETES:)
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Teens need more calories than adults because they're still growing. Most teen girls need from 1800 to 2500; most teen boys need from 2000 to 3000. My advice? Don't count calories; it's frustrating and it gets old really fast. Eat a healthy, well-balanced diet with limited sweets and keep active, and you should be fine.
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It really depends on their weight.  On average it's about 15-16 grams per day.  Or between .50g and .60g per pound of body weight until they reach 4 years of age.
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You need to eat somewhere between 1200 to 2000 calories.\n\n200 calories is only two granola bars and that is ridiculously unhealthy. EAT