Therecommended dietary allowance(RDA) is the average daily dietary intake level that suffices to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all (97–98%) healthy persons of a specific sex, age, life stage, or physiological condition (such as pregnancy or lactation). The RDA is a nutrient intake...
(redirected from Recommended dietary allowance)Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Encyclopedia. rec·om·mend·ed daily allowance also rec·om·mend·ed dietary allowance (rĕk′ə-mĕn′dĭd) n. Abbr. RDA The amount of a nutrient or the amount of calories recommended for a...
Includes the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), the Adequate Intake (AI), the Tolerable Upper Limit (TUL), and the Estimated Average Intake (EAI); has replaced the U.S. Recommended Daily Allowance and the Canadian Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI). Medical Dictionary for the Health ...
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It was found that dairy products were only consumed by the people surveyed with an omnivore diet, both in women and men (Figure 3b andFigure 4b,d). These products met 17% of the iodine-recommended daily allowance among women and 19% among men. Sea fish and seafood (rich iodine sources)...
Nutrient composition with and without dietary supplements was then expressed as a percentage of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Adequate Intake (AI), and Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (UL) for the adult age/sex groups [54,55,60]. The average %RDA for 17 vitamins and minerals (...