Dietary Reference Intake Categories

Armstrong in encyclopedia of food and health 2016.
Dietary reference intake categories. Dietary reference intake is an umbrella term for four other types of reference values which include. Components of dietary reference intakes. This system is used in both the united states and canada.
Establishes principles and guidelines of adequate dietary intake. Recommended dietary allowances rda the daily dietary intake level of a nutrient considered sufficient by the food and nutrition board of the institute of medicine to. Recommended dietary allowance rda adequate intake ai tolerable upper intake level ul estimated average requirement ear each of the above mentioned terms has a unique purpose.
Dietary reference intakes dris are a set of nutrient based reference values that provide quantitative recommendations by gender age life stage or physiological condition such as pregnancy or lactation for nutrient intakes of individuals living in the united states and canada. These documents are issued by the food and nutrition board of the institute of medicine national academy of sciences the food and nutrition board addresses issues of safety quality and adequacy of the food supply. Dri provides several different types of reference values.