title: Current issues in determining dietary protein and amino-acid requirements.
abstract: Pregnancy and the first two years of life are periods of rapid growth and yet the knowledge of requirements for protein and dietary indispensable amino acids is very limited. The development of carbon oxidation methods opens the way to studies that should fill these important gaps in knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology, University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pencharz
authors.affiliation: Children's Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jahoor
authors.affiliation: St John's Medical College, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurpad
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Michaelsen
authors.affiliation: IAEA, Nutritional and Health-related Environmental Studies Section, Division of Human Health, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Slater
authors.affiliation: AgroParisTech, UMR0914 Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behavior, Paris, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomé
authors.affiliation: Viale delle Ginestre 8, Ariccia (RM), Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Weisell
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D004032:Diet; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D011247:Pregnancy; D064167:Recommended Dietary Allowances
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002244:Carbon