- Nutrition
- Dietary intake
- Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) are a set of four evidence-based nutrient reference values that provide quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes for use in assessing and planning dietary intake:
- Estimated Average Requirement:
- Estimated to meet the nutrients requirements of one-half of healthy individuals for a specific age and gender group
- Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA):
- Sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of nearly all healthy individuals for a specific age and gender group
- Adequate Intake (AI)
- Based on estimates of nutrient intake by healthy individuals
- Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
- Highest nutrient intake level likely to pose no risk for adverse health effects
- Estimated Average Requirement:
- Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI) are a set of four evidence-based nutrient reference values that provide quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes for use in assessing and planning dietary intake:
- Clinical examination of nutrition
- Hair, skin, mouth, eyes
- Evaluation of nutritional assessment
- Malnourished
- At risk
- Well nourished
- Overweight or obese
- Dietary intake
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