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Adapted from: Clark N. Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook, 2nd ed. Champaign, ILL: Human Kinetics; 1997. Used with permission.


Grams of Protein Per KG of Body Weight
Current RDA for sedentary adult
0.8(0.4g/lb)
Recreational exerciser, adult
1.0-1.5(0.5-0.75g/lb)
Competitive athlete, adult
1.2-1.8(0.6-0.9g/lb)
Growing Teenage athlete
1.8-2.0(0.9-1.0g/lb)
Adult building muscle mass
1.4-1.8(0.7-0.9g/lb)
Athlete restricting calories
1.4-2.0(0.7-1.0g/lb)
Maximum usable amount for adults
2.0(1.0g/lb)