NSD 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dietary Reference Intake, Myplate, Overnutrition
6 Sep 2018
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Nutriton chapter 2 reading notes: tools for healthy eating. A balanced diet includes healthy proportions of all nutrients. A varied diet includes many different foods. A moderate diet provides adequate amounts of nutrients and energy. Undernutrition: a state in which you are not meeting your nutrition needs. Overnutrition: occurs when a diet provides too much of a nutrient. Dietary reference intakes (dris): specific reference values for each nutrient issued by the institute of medicine of the us national academy of sciences. Dris tell you how much of each nutrient you need. Comprise 5 reference values: estimate average requirements (ear), recommended dietary allowance (rda), Adequate intake (ai), tolerable upper intake level (ul), acceptable. Estimated average requirements (ear: the average amount of a nutrient that is known to meet the needs of 50% of the individuals in a similar age and gender group.
