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Dietary Reference Intakes: Guiding Principles for Nutrition Labeling and Fortification
origin, 56-58
reference heights and weights and, 72-74 , 75
research recommendations, 11 , 146
subgroups and special populations, 77
uses, 2 , 14 , 58 , 124 , 126
Dietary Reference Values for Food Energy and Nutrition in the United Kingdom , 57
Dietary Supplement Act of 1992, 25 , 31
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, 31 , 33
Dietary supplements.
See also Supplement Facts box
bioavailability considerations, 77 , 110
botanical ingredients, 31-32
data support recommendations, 11 , 145-146 , 148-149
defined, 31 n.5
dietary intake data, 129
exposure assessment, 142-143
fortification issues, 49 , 142-143
health claims, 30-31 , 33
nutrient content claims, 33
nutrition labeling on, 17 , 20 , 23 , 28 , 30-33 , 108-109 , 110 , 112
population-weighted reference value for, 8 , 109
standards of identity, 49
structure/function claims, 33
ULs and, 78 , 109-110 , 146-147
Dietitians of Canada, 104
Discretionary fortification.
See also Fortification of food
Canadian policy, 54
charge to committee, 4 , 15-16 , 125
conceptual model, 131-138
decision-making approach, 9-11 , 130 , 131-138 , 140-142
defined, 4 , 45
dietary supplements and, 49 , 142-143
EAR and, 9 , 11 , 131
examples, 135-138
existing practices, 138-140
exposure assessment, 11 , 132 , 135 , 138 , 142-143
FDA policy, 15 , 45 , 49-51 , 142-143
food composition databases and, 139-140 , 147-148
guiding principles, 4 , 8-9 , 16 , 124-144
impacts, 8-9 , 135 , 147-148
implementation issues, 138-144
international harmonization of, 125
labeling issues, 20 , 25 , 27 , 35 , 138-139
nutrient content claims as a standard, 138-139
prevalence of inadequacy and, 8 , 9 , 125 , 126-131 , 136 , 147-148
reference standards, 49 , 50
research recommendations, 11 , 145 , 147-148
review of longstanding practices, 139-140
scientific justification and criteria, 8 , 9 , 126-131 , 132
severity of adverse effect and, 11 , 130 , 140-142
for special-use products, 143-144
ULs and, 9 , 11 , 15-16 , 17 , 67 , 130 , 131 , 134-137 , 140-143 , 147
vulnerable populations, 15-16 , 17 , 143-144
E
Egg Products Inspection Act of 1970, 20 , 34
Energy intakes
and DRIs, 2 , 76-77
labeling values, 27 , 35 , 39 , 97-101 , 193
and nutrient intakes, 130
Energy metabolism, 70
Estimated Average Requirements (EARs)
cut-point method, 127
defined, 3 , 61 , 75-76 , 83-84
derivation of, 62 , 75
and discretionary fortification, 9 , 11 , 131
by nutrient and life-stage group, 180-183
nutrients without, 146
as nutrition labeling basis, 5 , 6 , 7-8 , 75-76 , 82-91 , 94 , 106 , 108 , 116 , 173 , 177 , 178
and RDA, 62 , 63 , 64 , 66 , 89-91
research recommendations, 11 , 145 , 146
skewed distribution of requirements and, 85
uses, 62
Estimated Energy Requirements (EERs), 98
Exposure assessment, 11 , 132 , 135 , 138 , 142-143
Extrapolation of data, 63 , 66 , 69 , 72 , 138