Recommended Dietary Allowances should be used to set Daily Values for nutrition labeling

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Murphy, Suzanne P ^a   Barr, Susan I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Daily values; Dietary reference intakes; DRI; Nutrition labeling; RDA; Recommended dietary allowances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; NUTRITION EDUCATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FOOD LABELING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33745150027     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.5.1223s     Document Type: Article

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