Tepper lecture 1 dietary references

Question 1

What are the definitions for dietary references?

Answer 1

Estimated Amount Required: The amount of a nutrient that half of the population of healthy group is supposed to have each day

Required dietary intake: The amount of a nutrient that 97-99% of the population of a particular healthy group requires

Adequate uptake: The amount of nutrient that is estimated to be the appropriate amount to consume (RDI) instead of measured (based on what groups of healthy people take in). Is used for nutrients whose uptake is difficult to measure
ex: Vit. D, and calcium

Upper tolerable limit: The maximum amount of nutrient you can take without experiencing damaging consequences.

Question 2

How to decrease nutrient deficiency?

Answer 2

Eat a variety of foods

Question 3

Diff nutrient amounts are recommended depending upon which grous?

Answer 3

-age
-gender
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Question 4

How are calorie needs determined?

Answer 4

A graph which depicts the amount of calories people of a specific gender need based on their age and whether they are highly active or not very active. It rises and declines before and after the age of 18 based on changes in metabolism.

Question 5

What are three key diet recommendations people need to follow to stay healthy?

Answer 5

1. Consume lots of foods of each food group
2. Limit the number of calories you consume
3. Focus on nutrient dense foods rather than empty calories

Question 6

What %DV is considered low and what is considered high?

Answer 6

%DV: 5 (low) -20 (high)

Question 7

Purpose of nutrient fact label:

Answer 7

To allow consumers to make decisions on which product to purchase based on dietary guidelines.

Question 8

4 required nutrient labels:

Answer 8

• Iron
• calcium
• Vitamin D
• pottasium

Question 9

My plate

Answer 9

Four groups you should eat from
-vegetables
-grains
Fruits
-dairy
-protein 
Can accustom specific diet for yourself on myplate.com

Question 10

Updated serving sizes:

Answer 10

Serving sizes are being updated to be more realistic and instead of indicating the portions that people are supposed to eat are now indicating what people generally are known to consume.

Question 11

Requirements for nutrient content and health claims

Answer 11

Nutrient content: Must report whether a nutirent is high or low with respect to the daily value (5% or less low, 20% or higher high)
Health claims:
1) authorized health claim: A company must submit an application presenting evidence of whether a certain supplement or nutrient has a health benefit and the FDA approves based on this evidence
2) Qualified health claim: some link between nutrient and health benefit but not approved enough to suggest direct connection by FDA-not enough scientific evidence.