To evaluate dietary fibre intake from infancy to adolescence against various reference standards expressed on a body weight, age or energy intake (EI) basis and to describe age and 15-year time trends ...

The current advisory report emphasizes that the production of vitamin D in the skin, given sufficient exposure to sunlight, is the most important source of vitamin D in the Netherlands, certainly ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Humans need many different food nutrients if they are to stay healthy and reduce the risk of diet-related disease. Dietary Reference Values are the amounts of nutrients that people need to stay ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A new report updates values for sodium and potassium dietary reference intake (DRIs) and also introduces new category for sodium based on chronic disease risk reduction. Dietary Reference Intakes ...

A new paper published in Advances in Nutrition, "Framework for Estimating the Absorption and Bioavailability of Nutrients ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Our study points to gaps in knowledge about the exact level of micronutrients we need to eat to protect the ...

WASHINGTON - A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine outlines how to examine whether specific levels of nutrients or other food substances (NOFSs) can ...

Announced last week, details of the five Nordic countries’ request that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) looks at recommending reference values for added sugar in food and drink have been ...

Mounting evidence on the effect of micronutrients on DNA damage calls for a re-evaluation of recommended dietary intake values, say researchers. Professor Michael Fenech of CSIRO's Food and ...