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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 ...

Dietary recommendations have traditionally been designed for populations that were referred to as “healthy” or “apparently healthy”. The imprecise terminology and definition of these terms and the ...

Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka nutrition experts are calling for dietary fiber to be officially recognized internationally as an ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) recently released updated Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) for sodium and potassium. For the adequate intake of sodium, the report ...

On November 30, 2010, the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences (IOM) in the US released new recommendations on daily reference intakes for vitamin D and calcium across all ages.

Every five years, the U.S. government releases an updated set of recommendations on healthy eating. This document, called the ...