Nutrient Adequacy:: Assessment Using Food Consumption Surveys

Nutrient Adequacy:: Assessment Using Food Consumption Surveys
ISBN-10
0309036348
ISBN-13
9780309036344
Category
Medical
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
1986-01-01
Publisher
National Academies Press
Authors
Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council, Division on Earth and Life Studies

Description

Just how accurately can adequate nutrient intake be measured? Do food consumption surveys really reflect the national diet? This book includes a brief history of dietary surveys, and an analysis of the basis of dietary evaluation and its relationship to recommended dietary allowances. A discussion of how usual dietary intake may be estimated from survey data, a recommended approach to dietary analysis, and an application of the analysis method is presented. Further, an examination of the impact of technical errors, the results of confidence interval calculations, and a summary of the subcommittee's recommendations conclude the volume.

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