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Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis Workshop Summary

Carol West Suitor and Linda D. Meyers, Rapporteurs

Food and Nutrition Board

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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the planning committee responsible for the workshop were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

The study was supported by Contract No. HHSP23320042509XI, Task Order No. 05 between the National Academy of Sciences and the United States Department of Health and Human Services; by Grant No. 59-0790-5-183 from the United States Department of Agriculture; by Contract No. 4500096095 with Health Canada; and by a grant from the Candian Institues of Health Research (through Simon Frasier University). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.

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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES RESEARCH SYNTHESIS

JOHN W. SUTTIE (Chair),

Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison

JOHN W. ERDMAN, JR.,

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

SUZANNE P. MURPHY,

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

ROBERT M. RUSSELL,

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA

SUSAN WHITING,

Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Consultant Writer

CAROL WEST SUITOR, Nutrition Consultant,

Northfield, Vermont,

Staff

LINDA D. MEYERS, Study Director (from July 2006)

JANICE RICE OKITA, Study Director (until July 2006)

HEATHER DEL VALLE, Senior Program Assistant and Database Manager

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FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD*

DENNIS M. BIER (Chair),

Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

MICHAEL P. DOYLE (Vice Chair),

Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin

DIANE BIRT,

Center for Research on Dietary Botanical Supplements, Iowa State University, Ames

YVONNE BRONNER,

School of Public Health and Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD

SUSAN FERENC,

Chemical Producers and Distributors Association, Alexandria, VA

NANCY F. KREBS,

Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver

REYNALDO MARTORELL,

Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

J. GLENN MORRIS, JR.,

Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore

SUZANNE P. MURPHY,

Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

JOSE M. ORDOVAS,

Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA

JIM E. RIVIERE,

College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh

NICHOLAS J. SCHORK,

Department of Psychiatry, Polymorphism Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego

REBECCA J. STOLTZFUS,

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

JOHN W. SUTTIE,

Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison

WALTER C. WILLETT,

Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

BARRY L. ZOUMAS,

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

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Staff

LINDA D. MEYERS, Director

GERALDINE KENNEDO, Administrative Assistant

ANTON L. BANDY, Financial Associate

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IOM boards do not review or approve individual reports and are not asked to endorse conclusions and recommendations. The responsibility for the content of the report rests with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Independent Report Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:


STEPHANIE A. ATKINSON, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

JOHN W. ERDMAN, JR., Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A. CATHARINE ROSS, Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

JOHN W. SUTTIE, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison


Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by MELVIN WORTH, Scholar-in-Residence at the Institute of Medicine, who was appointed by the Institute of Medicine. He was responsible for making certain that an independent examination

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What information is available to inform the planning of a nutrition research agenda for the United States and Canada? This question provided the backdrop for the Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis project undertaken by the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies. The Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) are quantitative reference values for recommended intakes and tolerable upper intake levels for a range of nutrients. They are used widely by dietitians in individual counseling, by federal nutrition officials in program and policy development, and by the nutrition research and education communities in government, academia, and industry.

Between 1997 and 2005, the IOM published a series of six DRI reports covering a total of 45 nutrients, energy, and other food components. The IOM also issued two reports describing ways to apply the DRIs in assessment and planning. Together, these eight reports contain more than 450 research recommendations and thus a wealth of information pertinent to a nutrition research agenda. To make the recommendations more accessible, the Food and Nutrition Board undertook a project with two major elements: (1) the development of a searchable database of all the DRI research recommendations, and (2) the Dietary Reference Intakes

Research Synthesis Workshop, held June 7-8, 2006, which was designed to provide a venue for hearing and discussing experts' perspectives on the research recommendations identified in the DRI reports.

Two members of the workshop planning group—Drs. John W. Suttie and Susan J. Whiting—moderated the DRI Research Synthesis Workshop. After an overview and demonstration of the DRI Research Synthesis Database, panels of experts addressed DRI research recommendations related to each of the six DRI nutrient reports, the two DRI applications reports, and three cross-cutting topics: (1) setting DRIs for children, (2) Tolerable Upper Intake Levels, and (3) relevant new and underutilized research techniques. This report is a summary of the workshop presentations and discussions.

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