Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment (2000)
Chapter: II. Application of DRIs for Individual Diet Assessment
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"II. Application of DRIs for Individual Diet Assessment." Institute of Medicine. 2000. Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/9956.
II
Application of DRIs for Individual Diet Assessment
In Part II, the focus is on how to assess nutrient adequacy of individuals using the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).
Chapter 3 demonstrates how to compare an individual's intake to the appropriate DRI of a nutrient to decide, with a predetermined level of confidence, whether an individual's intake of a nutrient is adequate or excessive. A discussion on obtaining and interpreting information on individual intakes and the effect of the large within-person variation is included and examples of specific applications are provided.
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