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| Dietary References Intake (DRIs) | set of four reference values for intake of n. and food components that can be used for planning and assessing diets of healthy people in USA and Canada |
| estimated average requirments (EARs) | intakes that meet estimated nutrient needs of 50% of individuals in gender and life-stage group |
| Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) | intakes that are sufficient to meet n. needs of almost all healthy people ina specific life-stage and gender group |
| Adequete Intakes (AIs) | intakes that should be used as goal when no RDA. Values are an ~of ave. n. intake that appears to sustain desired indicator of health |
| tolerable upper intake level (UL) | max daily intake by an individual that is unlikely to pose risks of adverse health effects almost all individuals in specific life-stage and gender group |
| Dietary Guidelines for Americans | set of nutrition recommendations destined to promote pop. wide dietary changes to reduce the incidence of nutrition related chronic disease |
| Healthy People | A set of national health promotion and disease prevention objectives for US pop. |
| nutrient density | measure of nutrients provided by food relative to NRG it contains |
| Daily Values | nutrient reference values used on food lables to help consumers see how foods fit into their overal diets |
| Nutritional status | state of helath as it is influenced by intake and utilization of nutrients |
| nutritional assessment | process of determining nutritional status of ind. or groups for prupose of identifying nut. needs and planning persona health-care or community programs to meet these needs |
| Anthropometric Measurments | external measurements of the body, such as height, weight, libe circumference, and skinfold thickness |
