Recommended dietary allowances, ICMR 2020 guidelines: A practical guide for bedside and community dietary assessment – A review

Assessment of diet bedside and in the community is crucial for management prevention various ailments. Recommended dietary allowances nutritional requirements humans a growing science that keeps changing, hence medical fraternity needs to be updated. ICMR-NIN are nodal agencies India refining reformulating as per transition occurring globally. They have published Nutrient Requirements Indians: Dietary Allowances Estimated Average - A Report Expert Group 2020, consisting vital changes which developed satisfy healthy population, keeping view reduction disease risk maintaining optimal health population. Most textbooks medicine not yet adopted newer recommendations it current students follow paradigm shift has happened needs. The twenty-four-hour (24 hr) semi-quantitative recall method preferred assessment at due its less administration time usability even on illiterates. It considered best when there no patience or motivation answer food-related questions. Here an attempt compile simplify all required information from reliable sources one place empowers healthcare professionals perform assessment.