Dietary reference intakes (DRI)
Subtitle: the essential guide to nutrient requirements
By: Jennifer J. Otten, Jennifer Pitzi Hellwig, Linda D. Meyers, editors.
Contributors: Otten, Jennifer J.; Hellwig, Jennifer Pitzi.; Meyers, Linda D.
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9780309100915
Subjects: Nutrition; Nutrition -- Evaluation; Reference values (Medicine)
Other titles: DRI
Description: "Organized by nutrient for easy use, Dietary Reference Intakes: The Essential Guide to Nutrient Requirements provides a foundation for understanding how and why the DRIs were developed, reviews the function of each nutrient in the human body, summarizes the known effects of inadequate and excessive intakes, describes how a nutrient may be related to chronic disease or developmental abnormalities, and provides the indicator of adequacy for determining nutrient requirements." "Along with dietary reference intakes of nutrients, this book presents recommendations for health maintenance and the reduction of chronic disease risk. Also included are summary tables of the DRIs, a complete practical summary of the recommendations."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Development and application; title: Introduction to the Dietary Reference Intakes; title: Applying the Dietary Reference Intakes; title: pt. II. Energy, macronutrients, water, and physical activity; title: Macronutrients, healthful diets, and physical activity; title: Energy; title: Physical activity; title: Dietary carbohydrates : sugars and starches; title: Fiber; title: Dietary fat : total fat and fatty acids; title: Cholesterol; title: Protein and amino acids; title: Water; title: pt. III. Vitamins and minerals; title: Vitamin A; title: Vitamin Bb6s; title: Vitamin Bb12s; title: Biotin; title: Vitamin C; title: Carotenoids; title: Choline; title: Vitamin D; title: Vitamin E; title: Folate; title: Vitamin K; title: Niacin; title: Pantothenic acid; title: Riboflavin; title: Thiamin; title: Calcium; title: Chromium; title: Copper; title: Fluoride; title: Iodine; title: Iron; title: Magnesium; title: Manganese; title: Molybdenum; title: Phosphorus; title: Potassium; title: Selenium; title: Sodium and chloride; title: Sulfate; title: Zinc; title: Arsenic, boron, nickel, silicon, and vanadium; title: pt. IV. Appendixes: Acknowledgments ; Biographical sketches ; Methods ; Glossary and acronyms ; DRI values for indispensable amino acids by life stage and gender group ; Conversions ; Iron intakes and estimated percentiles of the distribution of iron requirements from the Continuing survey of food intakes by individuals (CSFII), 1994-1996; title: Standard deviation of requirements for nutrients with an EAR; title: Estimates of within-subject variation in intake; title: Summary tables, Dietary Reference Intakes.