Global and Public Health Nutrition

DGAs and DRIs: What Does the Future Hold?

Speaker(s)

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  A. Catharine Ross, PhD

  Professor
  Pennsylvania State University
  University Park, Pennsylvania
• 

  Robert Russell, MD

  Senior Scientist And Professor Emeritus
  Tufts University
  Gloucester, Massachusetts
• 

  Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH

  Research Professor in Community Health & Prevention
  Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• 

  Stephanie Atkinson, PhD, DSc

  Professor
  McMaster University
  Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Learning Objectives:

• Identify two factors that led to development of the first RDAs , - widespread nutritional deficiency disease - need to enhance nutritional fitness among military service members - need for standardization of food fortification
• Identify two conceptual differences between the RDAs and the DRIs , - DRIs include the concept for a safe intake range rather than only a single value - DRIs can be used to predict a low probability of nutrient inadequacy or excess intake - DRIs can include reference points for nutrient and food component intakes that influence risk of chronic disease
• Discuss two ways that the DRIs expanded applications of the RDAs, - DRIs can be used to assess the apparent adequacy of an individual's intake - DRIs can be used to predict risk of excessive intake for an individual - DRIs can be used to assess the prevalence of excess or inadequate intakes for a group

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

  Food and Nutrition Board Update: Focus on Dietary Reference Intakes
• 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

  Optimizing the Process to Update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
• 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

  Guiding Principles for Developing Dietary Reference Intakes with Chronic Disease Endpoints
• 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

  Global Harmonization of Methodological Approaches to Nutrient Intake Recommendations
• 9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

  Global Harmonization of Methodological Approaches to Nutrient Intake Recommendations