Nutrient Adequacy : Assessment Using Food Consumption Surveys

Just how accurately can adequate nutrient intake be measured?

Do food consumption surveys really reflect the national diet?

This book includes a brief history of dietary surveys, and an analysis of the basis of dietary evaluation and its relationship to recommended dietary allowances.

A discussion of how usual dietary intake may be estimated from survey data, a recommended approach to dietary analysis, and an application of the analysis method is presented.

Further, an examination of the impact of technical errors, the results of confidence interval calculations, and a summary of the subcommittee's recommendations conclude the volume.