Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cleveland, Linda E.
• Peterkin, Betty B.
• Blum, Andrea J.
• Becker, Sharyl J.

Titel

Recommended dietary allowances as standards for family food plans

Ist Teil von

• Journal of nutrition education, 1983-03, Vol.15 (1), p.8-14

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

1983

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 1977–78 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey included low-income households. Large proportions of this population had intakes that failed to meet the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) for vitamin A, vitamin B-6, calcium, magnesium, and iron. To examine dietary changes required to meet the RDA, we used a computer programmed with a mathematical model that plans diets based on reported consumption patterns. Consumption patterns of children one to two years old, teenage girls, and women required the greatest changes to meet the RDA. Compared to diets in consumption patterns, the diets planned for these categories included large quantities of red meats, breakfast cereals, and legumes and small quantities of fats and sweets. We had particular difficulty meeting the RDA for vitamin E, vitamin B-6, folacin, calcium, iron, and zinc. Based on our findings from this and earlier studies of households at all income levels, we present the adaptations to the RDA that we are using to revise the USDA family food plans.