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JOHANNA DWYER, DSc
Frances Stern Nutrition Center New England Medical Center Hospital 185 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02111

Am J Dis Child. 1981;135(6):579.

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In Reply.—Dr Cunningham and Ms Mancini-Ford contend that protein intakes that are 19% of all calories are potentially harmful for normal children or adolescents. In my opinion, they are neither harmful nor beneficial to these persons. Dr Cunningham and Ms Mancini-Ford cite evidence for harm to premature infants, children under 5 years of age, pregnant women, and those suffering from compromised liver or kidney function, all of whom were specifically excluded in the article. The menus I presented are unsuitable in a number of respects for these people.

I am unaware of evidence to indicate that the protein intakes specified, when coupled with liberal intakes of calcium¹ and pyridoxine, as they were in the menus presented, pose risks of ill health to normal children over 5 years of age or to adolescents, nor do Dr Cunningham and Ms Mancini-Ford cite data that demonstrate that they can be harmful. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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