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Since 1994 the Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board has been involved in developing an expanded approach to developing dietary reference standards. This approach, the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), provides a set of four nutrient-based reference values designed to replace the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) in the United States and the Recommended Nutrient Intakes (RNIs) in Canada. These reference values include Estimated Average Requirement (EAR), Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), Adequate Intake (AI), and Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL). To date, several volumes in this series have been published. This new book, Applications in Dietary Assessment, provides guidance to nutrition and health research professionals on the application of the new DRIs. It represents both a "how to" manual and a "why" manual. Specific examples of both appropriate and inappropriate uses of the DRIs in assessing nutrient adequacy of groups and of individuals are provided, along with detailed statistical approaches for the methods described. In addition, a clear distinction is made between assessing individuals and assessing groups as the approaches used are quite different. Applications in Dietary Assessment will be an essential companion to any-or all-of the DRI volumes.Table of Contents Front Matter Contents Summary I. Historical Perspective and Background 1 Introduction and Background 2 Current Uses of Dietary Reference Standards II. Application of DRIs for Individual Diet Assessment 3 Using Dietary Reference Intakes for Nutrient Assessment ofIndividuals III. Application of DRIs for Group Diet Assessment 4 Using the Estimated Average Requirement for Nutrient Assessmentof Groups 5 Using the Adequate Intake for Nutrient Assessment of Groups 6 Using the Tolerable Upper Intake Level for Nutrient Assessment ofGroups 7 Specific Applications: Assessing Nutrient Intakes of Groups Usingthe Dietary Reference Intakes IV. Fine-Tuning Dietary Assessment Using the DRIs 8 Minimizing Potential Errors in Assessing Group and IndividualIntakes 9 Research Recommended to Improve the Uses of Dietary ReferenceIntakes 10 References Appendix A: Origin and Framework of the Development of DietaryReference Intakes Appendix B: Nutrient Assessment of Individuals: StatisticalFoundations Appendix C: Assessing Prevalence of Inadequate Intakes for Groups:Statistical Foundations Appendix D: Assessing the Performance of the EAR Cut-Point Methodfor Estimating Prevalence Appendix E: Units of Observation: Assessing Nutrient Adequacy UsingHousehold and Population Data Appendix F: Rationale for Setting Adequate Intakes Appendix G: Glossary and Abbreviations Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Subcommittee Members Index Summary Table: Estimated Average Requirements Summary Table: Tolerable Upper Intake Levels Summary Table: Recommended Intakes for Individuals