How should the recommended dietary allowances be revised? / Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Food and Nutrition Board.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition--United States.

Nutrition.

Diet--United States.

Diet.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (46 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""HOW SHOULD THE RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES BE REVISED?""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD""; ""Acknowlegments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Concepts Underlying the Recommended Dietary Allowances""; ""PROCESS FOR SETTING RDAS""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING RDAS""; ""PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS""; ""HEALTH MAINTENANCE, REDUCTION OF DISEASE RISK, AND DIET""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""3 Future Directions for the Recommended Dietary Allowances Under Discussion by the Food and Nutrition Board""; ""A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH FOR THE RDAS""

""A PLAN FOR THE NEXT RDAS""""References""; ""A Speakers and Commenters""; ""SPEAKERS""; ""PERSONS PRESENTING ORAL TESTIMONY""; ""PERSONS PRESENTING WRITTEN TESTIMONY""; ""B Need for Change Voiced by the Scientific and Advocacy Communities""; ""SUMMARY OF COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY""; ""TESTIMONY RELATED TO THE MECHANISM TO ESTABLISH RDAS""; ""C RDA-Related Symposia Scheduled at Professional Meetings in 1994""; ""AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL NUTRITION""; ""AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION/AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL NUTRITION""; ""INSTITUTE OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS""

""AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-58512-0