PMID- 23193766
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121220
LR  - 20170214
IS  - 0379-5721 (Print)
IS  - 0379-5721 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 3 Suppl
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - The adult male equivalent concept and its application to Household Consumption 
      and Expenditures Surveys (HCES).
PG  - S157-62
AB  - BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the amount and quality of food consumed by a population 
      is essential in determining the adequacy of the food availability and supply. 
      Since its founding the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has developed 
      methods for determining food availability and consumption that may be useful to 
      other investigators. OBJECTIVE: Based on FAO's 60 years of experience in 
      conducting Household Consumption and Expenditures Surveys (HCES), to explain and 
      demonstrate the advantages and use of the Adult Male Equivalent (AME) and 
      Equivalent Nutrition Unit (ENU) concepts. METHODS: The important factors related 
      to the AME and ENU, such as energy requirements, size and composition of the food 
      consumer unit, and attendance at meals, are explained through the examples of two 
      hypothetical families: a family consisting of a father, a mother, a 12-year old 
      daughter, and a 3-year old son plus an adult guest; and a family consisting of a 
      single mother, a 10-year old son, and two daughters, 6 and 4 years of age. The 
      reader is guided through the steps in calculating the AME and ENU. RESULTS: The 
      various scenarios of the composition, size, and attendance at meals of the 
      consumer unit show that the calculated food energy adequacy can range from +2% to 
      -29%. CONCLUSIONS: Care and attention must be given to correctly attributing the 
      consumers of the food intake measured or estimated. In addition, use of these 
      concepts allows for a valid comparison of food consumption units of various sizes 
      and compositions.
FAU - Weisell, Robert
AU  - Weisell R
AD  - Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome. rcweisell@gmail.com
FAU - Dop, Marie Claude
AU  - Dop MC
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Food Nutr Bull
JT  - Food and nutrition bulletin
JID - 7906418
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Diet Surveys
MH  - *Energy Intake
MH  - *Energy Metabolism
MH  - *Family Characteristics
MH  - Feeding Behavior
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Meals
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Nutritional Requirements
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - United Nations
EDAT- 2012/12/01 06:00
MHDA- 2012/12/21 06:00
CRDT- 2012/12/01 06:00
PHST- 2012/12/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/12/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/12/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1177/15648265120333S203 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Food Nutr Bull. 2012 Sep;33(3 Suppl):S157-62. doi: 10.1177/15648265120333S203.