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Using Dietary Reference Intake–Based Methods to Estimate Prevalence of Inadequate Nutrient Intake among Female Students in Brazil
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The results showed the need for improvement in dietary choices to minimize the prevalence of inadequate intake of folate, zinc, copper, and calcium in this group of female university students.Abstract:
The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of inadequate usual nutrient intake among female university students. This was a cross-sectional study in which 119 students at a public university in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, completed 3-day estimated food records. These were analyzed for nutrient content, and intake distributions were determined. Nutrient intake distributions were estimated using the National Research Council method. For nutrients for which an Estimated Average Requirement has been established, the Estimated Average Requirement cutpoint method was used to determine the proportion of students with inadequate intake. The students' food records indicated inadequate intakes of folate (99%), zinc (47%), and copper (33%). For approximately 95% of the students in this study, calcium was less than the Adequate Intake. The results showed the need for improvement in dietary choices to minimize the prevalence of inadequate intake of folate, zinc, copper, and calcium in this group.read more
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Dietary reference intakes: vitamin A, vitamin K, arsenic, boron, chromium, copper, iodine, iron, manganese, molybdenum, nickel, silicon, vanadium, and zinc.
TL;DR: The DRIs represent the new approach adopted by the Food and Nutrition Board to providing quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes for use in a variety of settings, replacing and expanding on the past 50 years of periodic updates and revisions of the Recommended Dietary Allowances.
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Assessing the prevalence of nutrient inadequacy.
TL;DR: In this paper, an approach for assessing the prevalence of nutrient inadequacy in a group, using daily intake data and the new Estimated Average Requirement (EAR), is described, which is well approximated in many cases by counting, instead, the number of individuals in the group whose intakes are below the EAR for the nutrient.
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Estimated folate intakes: data updated to reflect food fortification, increased bioavailability, and dietary supplement use
TL;DR: There is a need to explore ways to improve folate intakes in targeted subgroups, including females of childbearing age, while not putting other population groups at risk of excessive intakes.
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Interpreting and using the Dietary References Intakes in dietary assessment of individuals and groups
TL;DR: Nutrition practitioners will find the new DRIs useful for assessing diets in a variety of settings and computerized assessment systems will be important tools when incorporating these theoretical concepts into dietetic practice.
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