NUTR 31500 Chapter 2: assignment 1
4 Feb 2019
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Dietary reference intakes: tool for planning diets that support health, quantities of nutrients using daily values, food labels, nutrient databases, nutrient density, and energy density. Optimal nutritional health: balanced diet, variety of food, moderate amount of food, stay physically active. Daily nutrient intake amounts to meet the needs of all individuals in a life stage. Exceeds rda for that nutrient (if rda is known) Cover the needs of 97-98% of individuals in specific life-stage group. Set at an average daily energy need for each life stage group. Intake of carbohydrate, protein, fat, and essential fatty acids. Putting the dris into action to determine the nutrient density of foods. Nutrient density = divide the amount of a nutrient in a serving of the food by your dri: then divide the calories in a serving of the food by daily calorie need (eer) More dense if it provides a greater contribution to your nutrient need than calorie need.
