Dietary Reference Intake Tables and Application

Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) tables, including Estimated Average Requirement Values, Recommended Dietary Allowance and Adequate Intake Values, Tolerable Upper :Level Intake Values and Chronic Disease Risk Reduction Intakes.

Developed by the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies, they are intended to serve as a guide for good nutrition and provide the scientific basis for the development of food guidelines in both the United States and Canada. These nutrient reference values are specified on the basis of age, gender and lifestage and cover more than 40 nutrient substances.