This descriptive research was carried out in randomly selected 210 kindergartens 7 districts sides of Istanbul. The study aimed to examine the characteristics preschool menus and compare them nutritional requirements children. Meals served breakfast, lunch, snacks were determined portions energy content is calculated. nutrient compared Dietary Guidelines for Turkey meet daily requirements. 21.4...

The types and amounts of foods consumed have been shown to influence the health risks of individuals. Empirical evidence has documented a link between high dietary fat and low fiber intake and the risks for cardiovascular disease, some types of cancer, and obesity. Dietary surveys of Americans show higher fat and lower fiber intake than stipulated in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, despit...

This experiment evaluates the effect of decreasing dietary CP, in addition to the effects of dietary supplements of L-Thr to low CP diets, in Large White Nicholas toms from 0 to 18 wk of age. Toms were fed dietary treatments consisting of four levels of dietary CP as a percentage of NRC (1994) recommendations (100, 92, 84, and 76% of NRC recommendations). Additional treatments consisted of supp...

BACKGROUND The most recent international dietary protein recommendations for healthy adults are those developed and proposed by the 1985 FAO/WHO/UNU Joint Expert Consultation. OBJECTIVE The objective was to analyze available nitrogen balance data to establish new recommendations for the protein required by healthy adults. DESIGN Data were gathered from published nitrogen balance studies tha...

In 1991, the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy produced a report on the dietary reference values for food energy and nutrients for groups of people in the United Kingdom. The resulting recommendations, which included specific limits for intakes of total, saturated, trans- and cis-polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) have remained a cornerstone of public health policy ever since, and sim...