UNIVERSITY OF CEBU LAPU-LAPU AND MANDAUE

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DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES (DRIs)

1. ESTIMATED AVERAGE REQUIREMENTS (EAR)
2. RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE (RDA)

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Sherley Ann S. Panilag

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Welkenie D. Austria RN, MAN
 UNIVERSITY OF CEBU LAPU-LAPU AND MANDAUE
A.C CORTES AVENUE, LOOC, MANDAUE CITY

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1. Define Dietary Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) is a generic term for a set of Lecture Discussion https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/
nutrient reference values that includes the Recommended default/files/fnic_uploads/DRIEs
Reference sentialGuideNutReq.pdf
Dietary Allowance (RDA), Adequate Intake (AI), Tolerable Upper
Intakes (DRIs) Intake Level (UL), and Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
that are used to assess and plan the diets of healthy people.
The four primary uses of the DRIs are to assess the intakes of
individuals, assess the intakes of population groups, plan diets
for individuals, and plan diets for groups. Some of the dietary
planning activities that are most relevant to DRI use include
dietary guidance, institutional food planning, military food and
nutrition planning, planning for food-assistance programs, food
labeling, food fortification, developing new or modified food
products, and food-safety assurance.

2. Brief History of In the past, RDAs and RNIs were the primary values available to Lecture Discussion https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/
U.S. and Canadian health professionals for planning and default/files/fnic_uploads/DRIEs
Dietary sentialGuideNutReq.pdf
assessing the diets of individuals and groups.
Reference Revised and updated many times throughout their history, the
Intakes (DRIs) RDAs and RNIs generally reflected changes resulting from the
broader evolution taking place in the field of nutrition science.
However, by the 1990s, a number of important developments
had occurred that dramatically altered the nutrition research
landscape.
Among them were the significant gains made in scientific
 knowledge regarding the link between diet, health, and chronic
disease, and the emergence of advanced technologies that
could measure small changes in individual adaptations to
various nutrient intakes.
In 1994, in response to these and other important
considerations, the Food and Nutrition Board of the National
Academies’ Institute of Medicine, with support from the U.S. and
Canadian governments and others, embarked on an initiative to
develop a new, broader set of dietary reference values, known
as the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).
In 1994, in response to these and other important
considerations, the Food and Nutrition Board of the National
Academies’ Institute of Medicine, with support from the U.S. and
Canadian governments and others, embarked on an initiative to
develop a new, broader set of dietary reference values, known
as the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs).
The DRIs represent a more complete set of values. They were
developed in recognition of the growing and diverse uses of
quantitative reference values and the availability of more
sophisticated approaches for dietary planning and assessment
purposes.

3. Define Estimated Estimated Average Requirement (EAR): The average daily Lecture Discussion https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/
nutrient intake level that is estimated to meet the requirements default/files/fnic_uploads/DRIEs
Average sentialGuideNutReq.pdf
of half of the healthy individuals in a particular life stage and
Requirement gender group.
At the EAR, 50% of the individuals in a group are below their
 (EAR) requirement, and 50% are above it.
The RDA should be used in guiding individuals to achieve
adequate nutrient intake aimed at decreasing the risk of chronic Stanfield, Peggy (2010),
disease. It is based on estimating an average requirement plus Nutrition and Diet Therapy
an increase to account for the variation within a particular 5th Edition Self Instructional
group. Approaches, Jones and
Bartlett Publishers, LLC

4. Define Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA): The average daily Lecture Discussion https://www.nal.usda.gov/sites/
dietary nutrient intake level that is sufficient to meet the default/files/fnic_uploads/DRIEs
Recommended sentialGuideNutReq.pdf
nutrient requirements of nearly all (97–98 percent) healthy
Dietary individuals in a particular life stage and gender group.
Allowance (RDA) The RDA should be used in guiding individuals to achieve
adequate nutrient intake aimed at decreasing the risk of chronic Stanfield, Peggy (2010),
disease. It is based on estimating an average requirement plus Nutrition and Diet Therapy
an increase to account for the variation within a particular 5th Edition Self Instructional
Approaches, Jones and
 group. Bartlett Publishers, LLC

1. What does DRI stands for? Dietary Reference Intakes

2. What year did the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academies’ Institute of Medicine developed a new, broader set of dietary refernce values,
known as the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)? 1994
3. What does EAR stands for? Estimated Average Requirement
4. This is the average daily dietary nutrient intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97–98 percent) healthy individuals in a
particular life stage and gender group. Recommended Dietary Allowance
5. What is the average daily nutrient intake level that is estimated to meet the requirements of half of the healthy individuals in a particular life stage and
gender group? Estimated Average Requirement
6. What does RDA stands for? Recommended Dietary Allowance
7-10. Give the 4 primary uses of the DRI.
Assess the intakes of individuals, Assess the intakes of population groups, Plan diets for individuals, and Plan diets for groups