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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Recommended dietary allowances"”.
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Getting People to Wish What They Need: How the United States Government Used Public Relations Strategies to Communicate Food Policy During World War II, 1941-1945
… understand the competing forces that influence dietary habits, choice, and folkways. Information about healthy eating was distributed to media and food companies along with other messages about rationing restrictions and compliance. A vestige of that time that still exists today is the USDA's …
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Nutrient intake of hospital patients on self-selected diets
… menus. Judged by the standard of the 1974 Recommended Dietary Allowances, the mean intake of 27 lactating subjects was adequate in energy and all nutrients; the intake of 37 non-lactating subjects met the allowance for all nutrients with the exception of iron. Mean intake of these subjects …
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Family cohesiveness and dietary status of farm families in southwest Virginia
… organization, and control have an influence on dietary adequacy of family members. A study of adults in seven limited resource farm families in South-west Virginia included dietary status (dietary score) and family cohesiveness (activity, activity quality, and observation scores). Dietary status …
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History and Analysis of Food Guides in the United States
… elucidates the development of nutrient-based dietary standards in the United States from the original energy and protein-based standards proposed by Atwater in 1894 to the micronutrient-based Recommended Dietary Allowances revised by the National Research Council in 1989. This qualitative …
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Dietary intakes of twenty-six preadolescent girls
… this experiment was to study the self-selected dietary intakes and some of the food practices of twenty-six preadolescent girls as determined from two-week dietary records and to compare the calculated self-selected intakes with Recommended Dietary Allowances of the National Research Council. …
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Comparison of calcium and weight loss information in teen-focused versus women's magazines over two four-year periods (1986-1989 and 1991-1994)
… until the onset of menopause. The 1989 calcium Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) were increased from 800 mg/d to 1200 mg/d for only one female age group: 19-22 y, which was extended to 19-24 y to maximize the opportunity for peak bone accretion. In recognition of this change and the inverse …
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Mineral Content of Water From Public Fountains Along the Monon Trail in Central Indiana
… water provided by these fountains meets the recommended fluoride level by the CDC for caries prevention has not been established. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the fluoride, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium contents from water samples collected from all water fountains …
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Infant feeding practices and nutrient intake: a survey of ten- to fourteen-month-old infants in Richmond, Virginia
… self-administered questionnaire, and two 24-hour dietary records. The intake of calories and eight nutrients--protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and ascorbic acid--was calculated. Intake means were sufficient to meet both the Recommended Dietary Allowances and the …
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Rice Fortification by Parboiling in Limited-Water Soaking to Alleviate Mineral and Vitamin Deficiency
… rice that contributes to about 15% of the recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) of calcium, 72% (male) and 32% (female) for iron, 75% for folic acid, and 58% (male) and 45% (female) for vitamin A. Thus, limited-water parboiling is a cost-efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to …
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Nutritional analysis and comparison of serum insulin concentrations pre- and post-hemodialysis in a diabetic end stage renal disease population
… records were analyzed, using the Nutritionist IV Dietary Analysis Computer Program, version 3.5. Age and sex appropriate Recommended Dietary Allowances were used for each subject and the goals were set at 67% of the RDAs. The goals for energy and protein intake were calculated for each subject, …
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Nutrients Analysis of Preschool Lunch Menus in Virginia
… Virginia and to assess if they meet the national Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) standards for vitamin A, vitamin C, calcium and iron. Lunch menus for 3-5 year old children were collected from 114 CACFP staffs attending a state wide CACFP menu training session. Fifty-seven weekly menus were …
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The effect of early versus late enteral feeding on the hypermetabolic response of the paediatric burned patient
… by indirect calorimetry and compared to the recommended dietary allowances (RDA), Galveston and Solomon's equations, which estimate energy requirements. Small bowel permeability was measured by the sugar-absorption-test (SAT), and expressed as lactulose:rhamnose ratios.
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The Physiological effect of intermittent fasting (fasting the month of Ramadan) on anthropometerics and blood varaibles
… times of testing. However, the percentage which recommended dietary allowances of calories from protein showed significant decrease at Day 10 and Day 28 of Ramadan compare to the baseline (D1=17.57 %, D10 =12.50 % and D28 =11.35 %). In addition, the percentage of calories from carbohydrate showed …