Percent or amount of calories for proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals that should be included in the daily diet.
The average daily intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of 97-98% healthy individuals by age and sex.
The estimated amount of nutrients needed daily to maintain good health. These estimates differ for various conditions and ages, such as children, the elderly, and pregnant and lactating women. Developed by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council the RDAs are not minimum amounts required, but amounts recommended for optimal health.
Standards for the daily intake of certain nutrients: vitamins, minerals, and calories, RDA.
The amount of nutrients suggested by the National Research Council as being necessary to maintain life processes in most healthy persons.
Recommended daily allowance, not to be confused with requirement, and which has been replaced by DRIs. It is a figure for each nutrient that should adequately nourish the average individual in the specified age or gender group.
The Recommended Dietary Allowances is one of four possible Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) values established by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences. The RDA is defined as the average daily intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient needs of nearly all (97.5%) healthy individuals within a certain age range and gender.
The customary quantifications that embody the mean diurnal sum of a nourishing substance deemed satisfactory to suffice the discerned nutrimental requisites of practically all sound individuals from a designated epoch and gender category.
The specific amounts of essential nutrients in a diet necessary for sustaining human well-being. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) are determined by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences and may undergo periodic updates.