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The Food and Nutrition Board's (FNB's) Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) Standing Committee established the Panel on Macronutrients to review and evaluate the scientific literature and interpret the depth of current knowledge on protein, amino acids, dietary fat and individual fatty acids (such as omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, conjugated linoleic acid, and other specific fatty acids), phopholipids, cholesterol, complex carbohydrates, simple sugars, dietary fiber, energy intake (including the contribution of alcohol), and energy expenditure in humans throughout the life span.
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Consensus
·2005
Responding to the expansion of scientific knowledge about the roles of nutrients in human health, the Institute of Medicine has developed a new approach to establish Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and other nutrient reference values. The new title for these values Dietary Reference Intakes (D...
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This panel, under the Food and Nutrition Board's Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes, will (1) review the scientific literature regarding dietary macronutrients (including protein, amino acids, fat and individual fatty acids, phospholipids, cholesterol, complex carbohydrates, simple sugars, dietary fiber, energy intake and energy expenditure) and their synthetic analogs to determine the roles, if any, they play in health; (2) review selected components of food that may influence the bioavailability of these compounds; (3) develop estimates of dietary intake needed for good nutrition throughout the lifespan and that may decrease risk of chronic disease where data indicate they play a role; (4) determine tolerable upper intake levels for each compound where scientific data are available in specific population subgroups; and (5) identify research needed to improve the knowledge of the role of macronutrients in health.
Collaborators
Committee
Sanford A. Miller
Chair
Jan L. Breslow
Member
George A. Brooks
Member
Nancy F. Butte
Member
Benjamin Caballero
Member
Michael T. Clandinin
Member
Jean-Pierre Flatt
Member
Susan K. Fried
Member
Peter Garlick
Member
Scott M. Grundy
Member
Marc Hellerstein
Member
James O. Hill
Member
Edward S. Horton
Member
Sheila M. Innis
Member
David J. Jenkins
Member
Rachel K. Johnson
Member
Ronald M. Krauss
Member
Penny M. Kris-Etherton
Member
Alice H. Lichtenstein
Member
Joanne R. Lupton
Member
Frank Q. Nuttall
Member
Paul Pencharz
Member
F. X. Pi-Sunyer
Member
William M. Rand
Member
Peter J. Reeds
Member
Eric B. Rimm
Member
Susan Roberts
Member
Barbara J. Rolls
Member
Mark Tarnopolsky
Member
Linda Van Horn
Member
Thomas Wolever
Member
Allison A. Yates
Staff Officer
Sponsors
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Department of Agriculture
Department of Defense
Health Canada
National Institutes of Health
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Staff
Ann Yaktine
Lead
Major units and sub-units
Health and Medicine Division
Lead
Food and Nutrition Board
Lead
