%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Nutrient Adequacy: Assessment Using Food Consumption Surveys %D 1986 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/618/nutrient-adequacy-assessment-using-food-consumption-surveys %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/618/nutrient-adequacy-assessment-using-food-consumption-surveys %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Food and Nutrition %P 160 %R doi:10.17226/618 %X 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.