Nutrition Tools, Standards, Guidelines, and Nutrient Recommendations PDF

Nutrition Tools, Standards, Guidelines, and Nutrient Recommendations  Dietary Reference Intake Dietary Reference Intake is the reference values that are quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes to be used in planning and assessing diets for healthy people. ...

Nutrition Tools, Standards, Guidelines, and Nutrient Recommendations  Dietary Reference Intake Dietary Reference Intake is the reference values that are quantitative estimates of nutrient intakes to be used in planning and assessing diets for healthy people.  Recommended Dietary Allowance RDA is the average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of nearly all (97 to 98% ) of healthy individuals in a group.  Estimated Average Requirement EAR is a nutrient intake value that is estimated to meet the requirement of half the healthy individuals in a group.  Adequate Intake AI is the value based on observed or experimentally determined approximations of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people. DIETARY GUIDELINES AND FOOD GUIDE  USDA FOOD GUIDE The food pyramid shows how much a person should eat that was shown on the shelf to achieve a healthy and balanced diet.  My Pyramid Contains recommendations on diet and exercise based on the dietary guidelines. It illustrates The five food groups in a place setting that visually reminds everyone to make healthful food choice.  Food Exchange List A food exchange list is a user-friendly tool that was developed to help individuals to aid healthy eating habits and follow a specific diet plan.  Food Label A food label is a tag, brand, mark, pictorial, or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stenciled, marked, embossed, or impressed on, or attached to, a container of food or food product. Nutrition Guidelines for Filipinos  NUTRITION CARE PROCESS (ADIME PROCESS)  Assessment of the Nutritional Status 1. Nutritional history This includes the following: A. Dietary Intake Data B. Nutrient Intake Analysis(NIA) C. Food Diary D. Food Frequency E. 24-hour recall  2. Physical Assessment Physical assessment includes: Anthropometric measurement A. Height and Weight B. Body Mass Index (Formula)BMI = kg/m2 C. Body composition D. Mid-arm Circumference (MAC) E. Fat-fold or Skin-fold Thickness  Other sources of Data 1. Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool(MUST) -a screening tool to identify adult’s nutrition.  Subjective Global Assessment The subjective global assessment is a nutrition assessment tool that refers to the overall evaluation of a patient’s history and physical examination. This tool uses 5 components of medical history including: 1. weight change 2. dietary intake 3. gastrointestinal symptoms 4. functional capacity 5. disease and its relationship to nutritional requirements.  Mini Nutritional Assessment The Mini Nutritional Assessment is a screening tool to help identify elderly patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.  Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index The Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index(GNRI) is used to predict the risk of nutrition- related morbidity and mortality in elderly patients. Thank you!