BPK 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Dietary Supplement, Corn Syrup, Refined Grains
20 Feb 2014
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Recommended nutrient intakes (rnis): canada"s first food guidelines. Canada"s official food rules - food guide in 1942. Eating well with canada"s food guide 2007 accounts for various life stages, gender, stresses physical activity. Assessing nutritional status: record food intake, analysis nutrient intake, physical exam, medical history, laboratory tests. Nutrient intakes estimated to meet the needs of 50% of healthy individuals in a given gender and life-stage group. Not for evaluating individual"s intake but used to calculate rdas: recommended dietary allowances (rdas): recommend specific amounts of nutrients and other dietary components required to meet the needs of nearly all (97-98%) of the population. Nutrient intakes sufficient to meet needs of almost all healthy people in a specific gender and life-stage group. Can be used as individual goal intake: adequate intakes (ais): nutrient intakes that should be used as a goal when no rda exists; an approximation of the nutrient intake that sustains health.
