Tolerable upper intakes for dietary iron set by the US Food and Nutrition Board

Vitamin K: food composition and dietary intakes

Vitamin K is present in the diet in the forms of phylloquinone and menaquinones. Phylloquinone, which is the major dietary source, is concentrated in leafy plants and is the vitamin K form best characterized in terms of food composition and dietary intakes. In contrast, menaquinones are the product of bacterial production or conversion from dietary phylloquinone. Food composition databases are ...

Energy intakes of US children and adults by food purchase location and by specific food source

BACKGROUND To our knowledge, no studies have examined energy intakes by food purchase location and food source using a representative sample of US children, adolescents and adults. Evaluations of purchase location and food sources of energy may inform public health policy. METHODS Analyses were based on the first day of 24-hour recall for 22,852 persons in the 2003-4, 2005-6, and 2007-8 Natio...

Scientific Committee on Food Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE LEVELS FOR VITAMINS AND MINERALS

Health effects of different dietary iron intakes: a systematic literature review for the 5th Nordic Nutrition Recommendations

BACKGROUND The present literature review is part of the NNR5 project with the aim of reviewing and updating the scientific basis of the 4th edition of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR) issued in 2004. OBJECTIVE The objective of this systematic literature review was to assess the health effects of different intakes of iron, at different life stages (infants, children, adolescents, adu...

Dietary recommendations and prevailing food and nutrient intakes in Germany.

Dietary recommendations on nutrient intakes as published by the German Society of Nutrition are only met by a very small proportion of the adult population in East and in West Germany. Dietary data from the Nutrition Survey and Risk Factor Analysis Study in West Germany and from the National Health Survey in East Germany were used to identify differences in nutrient intakes and in food consumpt...