Food and Nutrition Board
Food and Nutrition Board
The Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) is a division of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), which is itself a division of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The FNB is responsible for setting the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and other nutritional guidelines in the United States.
Pronunciation
- Food: /fuːd/
- And: /ænd/
- Nutrition: /nuːˈtrɪʃən/
- Board: /bɔːrd/
Etymology
The term "Food and Nutrition Board" is a compound noun, with "food" and "nutrition" referring to the board's focus on dietary and nutritional guidelines, and "board" referring to the group of individuals who make decisions and set policies.
Related Terms
- Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)
- Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs)
- Adequate Intake (AI)
- Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL)
- Estimated Average Requirement (EAR)
Responsibilities
The Food and Nutrition Board's primary responsibilities include developing and updating the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs), which are a set of reference values used to plan and assess nutrient intakes of healthy people. These values, which vary by age and gender, include:
- Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs): The average daily dietary nutrient intake level sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of nearly all (97 to 98 percent) healthy individuals in a particular life stage and gender group.
- Adequate Intake (AI): A recommended intake value based on observed or experimentally determined approximations or estimates of nutrient intake by a group of healthy people that are assumed to be adequate.
- Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL): The highest level of daily nutrient intake that is likely to pose no risk of adverse health effects to almost all individuals in the general population.
- Estimated Average Requirement (EAR): A nutrient intake value that is estimated to meet the requirement of half the healthy individuals in a particular life stage and gender group.
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