Recommended Dietary Allowances for Infants and Children

POLYUNSATURATED POLYUNSATURATED
AGE PROTEIN CARBOHYDRATE FATTY ACIDS n-6 FATTY ACIDS n-3 TOTAL FAT FIBER
Infants 0–6 months 9.1 g/d or 1.52 g/kg/d* 60 g/d* 4.4 g/d 0.5 g/d 31 g/d NE
7–12 months 1.5 g/kg/d 95 g/d* 4.6 g/d 0.5 g/d 30 g/d NE
Children 1–3 years 1.1 g/kg/d or 13 g/d 130 g/d 7 g/d (linoleic) 0.7 g/d (
-linolenic) NE 19 g/d
4–8 years 0.95 g/kg/d or 19 g/d 130 g/d 10 g/d (linoleic) 0.9 g/d (
-linolenic) NE 25 g/d
Males 9–13 years 0.95 g/kg/d or 34 g/d 130 g/d 12 g/d (linoleic) 1.2 g/d (
-linolenic) NE 31 g/d
14–18 years 0.85 g/kg/d or 52 g/d 130 g/d 16 g/d (linoleic) 1.6 g/d (
-linolenic) NE 38 g/d
Females 9–13 years 0.95 g/kg/d or 34 g/d 130 g/d 10 g/d (linoleic) 1.0 g/d (
-linolenic) NE 26 g/d
14–18 years 0.85 g/kg/d or 46 g/d 130 g/d 11 g/d (linoleic) 1.1 g/d (
-linolenic) NE 26 g/d

*Values are Adequate Intakes (AIs) rather than Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs). All other values on charts are RDAs.
NE  not established
All data from Institute of Medicine. (2002). Dietary Reference Intakes. Washington DC: National Academy Press. www.nap.edu/iom