FAO EXPERT MEETINGS & REPORTS ON ENERGY AND NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS
Date Topic
Sept. 1949 Calorie requirements: report of the Committee of Calorie Requirements. FAO Nutritional
Studies, No. 5, 1950
Oct. 1955 Protein requirements: report of the FAO Committee. FAO Nutritional Series No. 16, 1957
Sept. 1956 Calorie requirements: report of the Second Committee of Calorie Requirements. FAO
Nutritional Studies, No. 15, 1957
May 1961 Calcium requirements: report of an FAO/WHO Expert Group. FAO Nutrition Meetings Report
Series no. 30 1962
Oct. 1963 Protein requirements - Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert Group. FAO Nutrition Meeting
Report Series No. 37, 1964 and WHO Technical Report Series No. 301, 1964.
Sept. 1965 Requirements of Vitamin A, Thiamine, Riboflavin and Niacin: Report of a Joint FAO/WHO
Expert Group. FAO Nutrition Meetings Report Series No. 41 1967
April- May 1969 Requirements of Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Folate Acid and Iron: report of a
FAO/WHO Joint Expert Group. FAO Nutrition Meeting Report Series No. 47 (1970)
March - April 1971 Energy and Protein requirements: Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Ad Hoc Expert Committee.
FAO Nutrition meetings Report Series, No. 52, 1973 and WHO Technical Report Series, No.
522, 1973
Sept. 1977 Dietary fats and oils in human nutrition: a joint FAO/WHO Report, FAO Food and Nutrition
paper 3, 1977.
Sept. 1979 Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition: a Joint FAO/WHO Report. FAO Food and Nutrition Paper
15, 1980
Oct. 1981 Energy and Protein Requirements: Report of a Joint FAO/WHO/UNU Expert Consultation.
WHO Technical Report Series 724, Geneva, 1985.
March 1985 Requirements of Vitamin A, Iron, Folate and Vitamin B12. Report of a Joint FAO/WHO Expert
Consultation. FAO Food and Nutrition Series No. 23, 1988
Dec. 1987 Human Energy Requirements: A Manual for Planners and Nutritionists, Oxford University
Press, 1990. FAO retained copyrights. Prof. James and Claire Schofield are listed as the author
but ESNA staff members were major contributors.
Dec. 1989 Report of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Protein Quality Evaluation. FAO Food
and Nutrition Paper 51, 1991.
June 1990 Trace Elements in Human Nutrition: A report of a Joint FAO/WHO/IAEA Expert Consultation.
WHO Technical Report Series, WHO, 1995.
Oct. 1993 Fats and Oils in Human Nutrition: Report of a Joint Expert Consultation. FAO Food and
Nutrition Paper 57, FAO, 1994
April 1997 Carbohydrates in Human Nutrition. Report of Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation. FAO
Food and Nutrition Paper 66, FAO, 1998.
Sept. 1998 FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Human Vitamin & Mineral Requirements, FAO, 2001
Handbooks on Human Nutritional Requirements
1974 Handbook on Human Nutritional Requirements, FAO Food and Nutrition Series No. 4, FAO
Nutritional Studies No. 28, WHO Monograph Series No. 61, 1974.
2001 FAO/WHO Handbook on Human Nutritional Requirements