{ "name": "Strength Standards Calc Energy and Macro Reference", "title": "Energy and Macro Reference", "url": "https://strengthstandardscalc.com/datasets/energy-and-macro-reference/", "csv": "https://strengthstandardscalc.com/datasets/energy-and-macro-reference.csv", "markdown": "https://strengthstandardscalc.com/datasets/energy-and-macro-reference/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-18", "license": "https://strengthstandardscalc.com/terms", "headline": "The Energy and Macro Reference carries 7 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 5 to 35 percent, read 17 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The Energy and Macro Reference carries 7 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 5 to 35 percent, read 17 October 2026.", "2 of the 15 named sources read in full publish a figure; 13 publish none, read 17 October 2026.", "Energy and Macro Reference, reference protein-upper-limit-percent-of-energy-AMDR: median 35 percent across 1 source, read 17 October 2026.", "Energy and 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"b2a38aeb6898698886bea58a52e391c1873713879101322b9c1e3c4779840f00" }, { "source": "WHO healthy diet fact sheet", "url": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/healthy-diet", "figure": "30%", "value": 30, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "reference": "total-fat-maximum-percent-of-energy" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "For adults, limiting the amount of total fat in the diet to 30% or less of total daily energy intake may help to prevent unhealthy weight gain in the adult population.", "source_class": "primary-government", "text_sha256": "b2a38aeb6898698886bea58a52e391c1873713879101322b9c1e3c4779840f00" }, { "source": "WHO healthy diet fact sheet", "url": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/healthy-diet", "figure": "15%", "value": 15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "reference": "protein-sufficient-percent-of-energy" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "quote": "Protein intake at 10–15% of total daily energy intake is generally sufficient to meet 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"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK610333/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" }, { "source": "National Academies, Rethinking the AMDR for the 21st Century - summary", "url": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK610327/", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-17", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "National Academies publication record, Rethinking the AMDR (2024)", "url": "https://www.nationalacademies.org/publications/27957", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "NHS Eatwell Guide", "url": "https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-guidelines-and-food-labels/the-eatwell-guide/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-26", "reason": "read in full and no accepted figure on the page" }, { "source": "NHS Better Health calorie counting", "url": "https://www.nhs.uk/better-health/lose-weight/calorie-counting/", "retrieved_at": "2026-09-12", "reason": "read 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"https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/nutrient-reference-values/macronutrient-balance", "label": "Eat For Health (NHMRC) macronutrient balance", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/dietary-reference-values", "label": "EFSA dietary reference values", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/healthy-diet", "label": "WHO healthy diet fact sheet", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2305711/", "label": "Mifflin, St Jeor and Hill, a new predictive equation for resting energy expenditure (PubMed record)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://odphp.health.gov/our-work/nutrition-physical-activity/dietary-guidelines/current-dietary-guidelines", "label": "ODPHP current Dietary Guidelines for Americans", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/nutrition/how-many-calories-should-i-eat-a-day", "label": "British Heart Foundation, how many calories should I eat a day", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 2 of the 15 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 13 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 7 figures, never sentences; 23 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per macronutrient: the authority's own reference range and energy requirement, quoted with its effective date, joined to the four published BMR equations (Mifflin-St Jeor, Harris-Benedict, Katch-McArdle, Henry/SACN). The figure nobody publishes is the SPREAD: how many calories apart the four equations put the same person, and how far apart the US, UK, AU/NZ, Canadian and EFSA reference ranges put the same macronutrient, so the calculator can show a band instead of a false single number.", "embed": "

5 to 35 percent

7 published figures, Energy and Macro Reference, across 2 sources, read 17 October 2026

Source: Strength Standards Calc Energy and Macro Reference
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