What is the standard or globally used (e.g. by the UN) reference to derive Recommended Nutrient Intake? There is a FAO-WHO one titled 'vitamin and mineral requirements in human nutrition.' But what is generally referred for marconutrients - energy, protein, etc.?
See the following links :
http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/nutrientrequirements/en/index.html
http://whqlibdoc.who.int/trs/WHO_TRS_935_eng.pdf
ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/007/y5686e/y5686e00.pdf
André Briend
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Answered:
12 years agoThank you Andre, some of these links or documents were unknown to me and I will be very helpful.
chantal a
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12 years ago