Dietary Standards and Guidelines: Similarities and Differences Among Countries

Present Knowledge in Nutrition: Tenth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1110-1134

  Dwyer, Johanna T ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

AMDR, acceptable macronutrient distribution for individuals; Dietary guidelines, evidence based, and country specific recommendations; Dietary nutrient reference intake, quantifying human requirements; Dietary standards and guidelines, similarities and differences; Food based dietary guidelines, common to countries; Nutrient reference values and dietary guidelines, for policy making; Nutrient reference values versus dietary guidelines; RDA, average daily dietary intake level, meeting nutrient requirements; Standards published in English, industrialized countries and western eating patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886984093     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119946045.ch65     Document Type: Chapter

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