Recommended dietary allowances / Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs, Food and Nutrition Board, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Subcommittee on the Tenth Edition of the RDAs.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition.

Diet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

10th ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since its introduction in 1943 Recommended Dietary Allowances has become the accepted source of nutrient allowances for healthy people. These Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are used throughout the food and health fields. Additionally, RDAs serve as the basis for the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowances, the Food and Drug Administration's standards for nutrition labeling of foods. The 10th Edition includes research results and expert interpretations from years of progress in nutrition research since the previous edition and provides not only RDAs but also "Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes"--provisional values for nutrients where data were insufficient to set an RDA. Organized by nutrient for ready reference, the volume reviews the function of each nutrient in the human body, sources of supply, effects of deficiencies and excessive intakes, relevant study results, and more. The volume concludes with the invaluable "Summary Table of Recommended Dietary Allowances," a convenient and practical summary of the recommendations.

Contents:

""Recommended Dietary Allowances""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""REFERENCE""; ""Contents""; ""Recommended Dietary Allowances""; ""1 Summary""; ""MAJOR REVISIONS IN THE TENTH EDITION AND THEIR BASES""; ""Recommended Dietary Allowances""; ""Estimated Safe and Adequate Daily Dietary Intakes""; ""USES AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE RDAS""; ""2 Definition and Applications""; ""ESTIMATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL REQUIREMENTS""; ""ESTABLISHMENT OF DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""HOW ARE RDAS TO BE MET?""; ""PHARMACOLOGIC AND TOXIC EFFECTS OF NUTRIENTS""; ""REFERENCE INDIVIDUALS""

""NUTRIENT ALLOWANCES FOR INFANTS""""NUTRIENT ALLOWANCES FOR THE ELDERLY""; ""CONDITIONS THAT MAY REQUIRE ADJUSTMENT IN APPLICATION OF RDAS""; ""Climate""; ""Strenuous Physical Activity""; ""Clinical Considerations""; ""APPLICATION OF RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES""; ""NUTRITIONAL ALLOWANCES AS GUIDELINES FOR FOOD SUPPLIES AND FOR HEALTH AND WELFARE PROGRAMS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""3 Energy ""; ""ESTIMATING ENERGY REQUIREMENTS""; ""Resting Energy Expenditure""; ""Physical Activity""; ""Metabolic Response to Food""; ""Age""; ""Sex""; ""Growth""; ""Body Size""; ""Climate""

""ESTIMATION OF ENERGY ALLOWANCES"" ""Adults""; ""Pregnancy""; ""Lactation""; ""Infants, Children, and Adolescents""; ""COMPARISON OF RDA AND REPORTED INTAKES""; ""CHANGES IN ENERGY ALLOWANCES COMPARED TO NINTH EDITION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""4 Carbohydrates and Fiber ""; ""DIGESTIBLE CARBOHYDRATES""; ""Pathophysiological Significance""; ""DIETARY FIBER""; ""REFERENCES""; ""5 Lipids ""; ""DIETARY SOURCES AND USUAL INTAKES""; ""ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS""; ""OTHER CONSIDERATIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""6 Protein and Amino Acids ""; ""GENERAL SIGNS OF DEFICIENCY""

""GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR ESTIMATING PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS"" ""Nitrogen Balance""; ""OTHER CRITERIA OF ADEQUACY""; ""THE REQUIREMENT FOR AMINO ACIDS""; ""RECOMMENDED ALLOWANCES FOR PROTEIN""; ""The Requirement for Reference Protein and Its Variability""; ""Adults""; ""The Elderly""; ""Pregnancy""; ""Lactation""; ""Infants, Children, and Adolescents""; ""Amino Acid Requirement Pattern According to Age""; ""Amino Acid Scoring of Dietary Protein Quality""; ""CONSUMPTION AND AMINO ACID PATTERN OF PROTEINS IN THE U.S. DIET""; ""Digestibility""; ""Adjustment of Allowances for Dietary Quality""

""OTHER EFFECTS ON PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS""""COMPARISON OF CURRENT PROTEIN RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE 1980 RDAS""; ""EXCESSIVE INTAKES AND TOXICITY""; ""REFERENCES""; ""7 Fat-Soluble Vitamins ""; ""VITAMIN A""; ""General Signs of Deficiency""; ""The Nutritional Relationship Between Preformed Vitamin A, Biologically Active Retinoids, and Carotenoids""; ""Dietary Sources and Usual Intakes""; ""Recommended Allowances""; ""Adults""; ""Pregnancy and Lactation""; ""Infants and Children""; ""Other Factors Affecting Recommended Allowances""; ""Excessive Intakes and Toxicity""; ""References""; ""VITAMIN D""; ""General Signs of Deficiency""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610203345

9781280203343

128020334X

9780309536066

0309536065

OCLC:

923266565