Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment (2000)
Chapter: I. Historical Perspective and Background
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"I. Historical Perspective and Background." Institute of Medicine. 2000. Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/9956.
I
Historical Perspective and Background
Part I presents an overview of the report and information on the evolution of dietary reference standards.
Chapter 1 outlines the purpose of this report and provides an introduction to Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), a set of four nutrient-based reference values, each of which has special uses.
A discussion of the concept of using dietary reference standards along with the identification of their past uses (specifically the former Recommended Dietary Allowances [RDAs] and Recommended Nutrient Intakes [RNIs]) is detailed in Chapter 2.
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