NUTR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nutrient, Health Canada, Malnutrition
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Learning objecives: understand some terminology associated with nutriional assessment (learn some new vocabulary). Vitamin discoveries paved the way for dietary recommendaions. Early 1900s usda made recommendaions for protein intake. 1941 food and nutriion board (fnb) of the insitute of medicine was established and created the irst set of. Rdas were revised 9 imes since 1941 last in 1989. 1994 joint efort by the fnb and health canada iniiated to establish dietary reference intakes (dris). Set standards for nutrients that do not have rda values. For prevening deiciency diseases and reducing chronic diseases. Ear - the average daily intake level of a nutrient that will meet the needs of half of the healthy people in a paricular category. Rda - the average daily intake level required to meet the needs of 97 98% of healthy people in a paricular category. Ai - recommended average daily intake level for a nutrient. Used when the rda is not yet established: vitamin.
