This DRI report provides guidance to professionals for application of the DRIs in dietary assessment for individuals and groups. View or download the entire 307 page document or just selected sections below, or find information for obtaining the book version.
Applications in Dietary Assessment
Dietary Reference Intakes: Applications in Dietary Assessment (2000)National Academy of Sciences. Institute of Medicine. Food and Nutrition Board.
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- Front Matter (PDF|399 KB)
- Contents (PDF|66 KB)
- Summary (PDF|668 KB)
- Section I - Historical Perspective and Background (PDF|15 KB)
- Chapter 1 - Introduction and Background (PDF|324 KB)
- Chapter 2 - Current Uses of Dietary Reference Standards (PDF|435 KB)
- Section II - Application of DRIs for Individual Diet Assessment (PDF|15 KB)
- Chapter 3 - Using Dietary Reference Intakes for Nutrient Assessment of Individuals (PDF|1 MB)
- Section III - Application of DRIs for Group Diet Assessment (PDF|27 KB)
- Chapter 4 - Using the Estimated Average Requirement for Nutrient Assessment of Groups (PDF|1.2 MB)
- Chapter 5 - Using the Adequate Intake for Nutrient Assessment of Groups (PDF|207 KB)
- Chapter 6 - Using the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for Nutrient Assessment of Groups (PDF|426 KB)
- Chapter 7 - Implications and Recommendations (PDF|649 KB)
- Section IV - Fine-Tuning Dietary Assessment Using the DRIs (PDF|14 KB)
- Chapter 8 - Minimizing Potential Errors in Assessing Group and Individual Intakes (PDF|635 KB)
- Chapter 9 - Research Recommended to Improve the Uses of Dietary Reference Intakes (PDF|261 KB)
- Chapter 10 - References (PDF|474 KB)
- Appendix A: Origin and Framework of the Development of Dietary Reference Intakes (PDF|167 KB)
- Appendix B: Nutrient Assessment of Individuals: Statistical Foundations (PDF|672 KB)
- Appendix C: Assessing Prevalence of Inadequate Intakes for Groups: Statistical Foundations (PDF|299 KB)
- Appendix D: Assessing the Performance of the EAR Cut-Point Method for Estimating Prevalence (PDF|559 KB)
- Appendix E: Units of Observation: Assessing Nutrient Adequacy Using Household and Population Data (PDF|280 KB)
- Appendix F: Rationale for Setting Adequate Intakes (PDF|216 KB)
- Appendix G: Glossary and Abbreviations (PDF|221 KB)
- Appendix H - Biographical Sketches of Subcommittee Members (PDF|197 KB)
- Index (PDF|494 KB)
- Summary Table: Estimated Average Requirements (PDF|42 KB)
- Summary Table: Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (PDF|37 KB)
- Summary Table: Recommended Intakes for Individuals (PDF|76 KB)
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