HUN 4445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Serving Size, Choline, Dietary Reference Intake

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Food Science and Human Nutrition
• Course: HUN 4445
• Professor: Laura Jane Acosta

Document Summary

Increased awareness of eating behaviors: disadvantages, heavy burden on client, literacy, training needed, requires motivation, food choices may change, diet history. Includes: 24 hour recall, usual diet recall, ffq, social, cultural, economic issues, readiness for change, need for nut ed. Influences on food intake: which method to choose, depends on, how information will be used, need for quantitative measures, population, number of people, time period, burden, training requirements, evaluating food intakes of individuals, compare intake to choosemyplate. gov recommendations. Individualized for: age, gender, physical activity, ht and wt, dietary reference intakes, ear = estimated average requirement. Intake meeting requirements of 50% of healthy people: rda = recommended daily allowance. Intake that will prevent nutrient deficiencies for 98% of population (ear + 2 sd: ai = adequate intake, goal for individuals for nutrients without an rda due to lack of data to set.