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Understanding Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs): Definitions and Applications, Quizzes of Nutrition

Definitions and explanations for various terms related to dietary reference intakes (dris), including rda, ear, ai, and ul. Dri is a set of estimates for the daily intake of essential nutrients for healthy individuals, and this document clarifies the roles and differences of each component of dri. Understanding these concepts is essential for nutritionists, dietitians, and students in nutrition and health sciences.

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Download Understanding Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs): Definitions and Applications and more Quizzes Nutrition in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 DRI, acronym? DEFINITION 1 Dietary Reference Intakes TERM 2 DRI constitutes of 4 groups. What are they? DEFINITION 2 RDAEARAIUL TERM 3 RDA, acronym? DEFINITION 3 Recommended Deitary Allowance TERM 4 EAR, acronym? DEFINITION 4 Estimated Average Requirement TERM 5 AI, acronym? DEFINITION 5 Adequate Intake TERM 6 UL, acronym? DEFINITION 6 Tolerable Upper Intake Level TERM 7 EAR, definition? DEFINITION 7 daily intake value estimated to meet requirement,as defined by the specified indicator of adequacy,in 50% of the individuals in a life stage or gender group.*EAR is used in setting RDA TERM 8 Life Stage/Gender Group Classification? DEFINITION 8 InfantsChildrenMalesFemalesPregnancyLactationAge GroupsA TERM 9 RDA, definition and formula? DEFINITION 9 Average daily dietary intake levelthat is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97-98%) of all healthy individualsin a specific life stage and gender group.RDA = EAR + 2 SD_EAR TERM 10 AI, definition? DEFINITION 10 when sufficient scientific evidence is not available to estimate an average requirement,an intake value is recommended that is based on experimentally derived intake levels or approximations of observed mean nutrient intakes by a group of healthy people.AI is when no EAR, but data is based on RDA.
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