Home - Products - Services - Contact Us DIETS FOR OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN Helping your Overweight Child Lose weight is possible. Nutrasystems can help. Your child needs nutrition. Nutrasystems' Weight Loss formula can give you and your child the nutrition you BOTH need while safely helping you and your child drop those extra pounds. Visit our Thinmom.com Homepage to learn more about how you and your family can lose weight. Get a head start on losing that extra weight. Diets for Children Recommended Dietary Allowances for Children The following table shows the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for females and lactating mothers. The table is from the Food & Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences National Research Council Recommended Dietary Allowances, (Revised 1989)   Females Age 19-24 Females Age 25-50 Pregnant Women Lactating Women, 0-6 Months Lactating Women 6 Months + Protein 46g 50g 60g 65g 62g Vitamin A 800mcg 800mcg 800mcg 1300mcg 1200mcg Vitamin D 10mcg 5mcg 10mcg 10mcg 10mcg Vitamin E 8mg 8mg 10mg 12mg 11mg Vitamin K 65mcg 65mcg 65mcg 65mcg 65mcg Vitamin C 60mg 60mg 70mg 95mg 90mg Thiamine 1.1mg 1.0mg 1.5mg 1.6mg 1.6mg Riboflavin 1.3mg 1.3mg 1.6mg 1.8mg 1.7mg Niacin 15mg 15mg 17mg 20mg 20mg Vitamin B6 1.6mg 1.6mg 2.2mg 2.1mg 2.1mg Folate 180mg 180mg 400mg 280mg 260mg Vitamin B12 2.0mg 2.0mg 2.2mg 2.6mg 2.6mg Calcium 1200mg 800mg 1200mg 1200mg 1200mg Phosphorus 800mg 800mg 1200mg 1200mg 1200mg Magnesium 280mg 280mg 320mg 355mg 340mg Iron 15mg 15mg 30mg 15mg 15mg Zinc 12mg 12mg 15mg 19mg 16mg Iodine 150mcg 150mcg 175mcg 200mcg 200mcg Selenium 55mcg 55mcg 65mcg 75mcg 75mcg g = grams, mcg = micrograms, mg = milligrams