Hi Graham,

a while ago I found this table. It contains the daily calorie needs based on age, gender and activity.

Maybe that is what you are looking for?

All the best,

Michael

Hello,

The needs differ for each person based on their weight, height and age. I use the Harris Benedict equation to calculate the needs for people over 18 years old. 

For women it is:

BMR = 655.1 + ( 9.563 × weight in kg ) + ( 1.850 × height in cm ) – ( 4.676 × age in years )

For men it is:

BMR = 66.5 + ( 13.75 × weight in kg ) + ( 5.003 × height in cm ) – ( 6.755 × age in years )

Then you multiply the BMR with the excercise factor which may be 1,2 to 2+ according to each persons train level. Usually 1,4-1,5 represents most everyday people. 

Of course this is reffering to normal weight people (BMI: 18,5-24,9) --> BMI= weight (kg)/ height (m)^2

For children is different:

For a premature baby : 150-120 kcal per kg

For a newborn: 120-90 kcal per kg

1-7 years old: 90-75 kcal per kg

8-12 years old: 75-60 kcal per kg

13-18 years old: 60-30 kcal per kg

You may find useful the WHO growth charts:

http://www.who.int/growthref/cht_bmifa_girls_perc_5_19years.pdf?ua=1

http://www.who.int/growthref/cht_bmifa_boys_perc_5_19years.pdf?ua=1

Katerina, this is most helpful, I've used and read Floud et al extensively as well as Muldrew. The only real problem is that I calculation calorific estimates based on workhouse inmates and hospital inmates which unfortunately and quite annoyingly unlike military conscript data (Floud) have no available height information. 

But it this is still very helpful! Thank you. 

I was going to suggest you look at the tables of pp. 166 and 169 of The changing body but it looks as though you may have already tried this.  Roderick Floud, Sok Chul Hong and i also reviewed food availability in a paper published in Research in Economic History in 2015 and there is a shorter version, with some additional information, in Harris, B.(2016), ‘Food supply, health and economic development in England and Wales during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries’, Scientia Danica, Series H, Humanistica, 4, 7, 141-154.