HNSC 1210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Questionnaire, Dietary Reference Intake, Health Canada
13 Apr 2018
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Dietary guidelines and nutrition objectives: set to help guide people in what to eat to stay healthy, canadian differs from american, dietary reference intakes. Interpretation of food intake: compare the average daily intake to at least 2-3 guidelines, dri, eating well with canadas food guide, health canada nutrition recommendations, note influence of season, cost, convenience, ethnic and regional foods. Dri: setting intake goals for individuals, asses intakes, diet plans, too much of a good thing can be bad, too little can be bad, facilitating nutrition policy and research, establishing safety guidelines, preventing chronic disease. Module 2: amdr: acceptable macronutrient distribution range: range of intake for energy containing nutrients. Amdr: carbs: adults 45-65% daily calories, fats: 20-35, proteins: 10-35% Dri: designed for health maintenance and disease prevention in healthy people, based on available scientific research, are recommendations for optimal intake not minimum intakes, reflect daily intakes to be achieved on average, over time.
