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FOR
Energy, Carbohydrate,
Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids,
Cholesterol, Protein,
and Amino Acids
Panel on Macronutrients, Panel on the Definition of Dietary
Fiber, Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients,
Subcommittee on Interpretation and Uses of Dietary
Reference Intakes, and the Standing Committee on the
Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes
Food and Nutrition Board
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PANEL ON DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR
MACRONUTRIENTS
JOANNE R. LUPTON (Chair), Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M
University, College Station
GEORGE A. BROOKS, Department of Integrative Biology, University of
California, Berkeley
NANCY F. BUTTE, Department of Pediatrics, U.S. Department of
Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service Children’s Nutrition
Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
BENJAMIN CABALLERO, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
JEAN PIERRE FLATT, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester
SUSAN K. FRIED, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
PETER J. GARLICK, Department of Surgery, State University of New
York at Stony Brook
SCOTT M. GRUNDY, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas
SHEILA M. INNIS, BC Research Institute for Children’s and Women’s
Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
DAVID J.A. JENKINS, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of
Toronto, Ontario
RACHEL K. JOHNSON, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences,
University of Vermont, Burlington
RONALD M. KRAUSS, Department of Molecular Medicine, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley
PENNY KRIS-ETHERTON, Department of Nutrition, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park
ALICE H. LICHTENSTEIN, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University,
Boston, Massachusetts
FRANK Q. NUTTALL, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota
School of Medicine, Minneapolis
PAUL B. PENCHARZ, Departments of Pediatrics and Nutritional
Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario
F. XAVIER PI-SUNYER, Department of Medicine, Columbia University,
New York
WILLIAM M. RAND, Department of Family Medicine and Community
Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
PETER J. REEDS (deceased), Department of Animal Sciences, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ERIC B. RIMM, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public
Health, Boston, Massachusetts
SUSAN B. ROBERTS, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University,
Boston, Massachusetts
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Staff
PAULA R. TRUMBO, Study Director
SANDRA SCHLICKER, Senior Program Officer
ALICE L. VOROSMARTI, Research Associate
KIMBERLY STITZEL, Research Assistant (until January 2001)
CARRIE L. HOLLOWAY, Research Assistant
GAIL E. SPEARS, Staff Editor
SANDRA AMAMOO-KAKRA, Senior Project Assistant
MICHELE RAMSEY, Senior Project Assistant (until June 2001)
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PANEL ON THE DEFINITION OF DIETARY FIBER
JOANNE R. LUPTON (Chair), Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M
University, College Station
GEORGE C. FAHEY, Department of Animal Sciences, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DAVID J.A. JENKINS, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of
Toronto, Ontario
JUDITH A. MARLETT, Department of Nutritional Science, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
JOANNE L. SLAVIN, Department of Food Science and Nutrition,
University of Minnesota, St. Paul
JON A. STORY, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana
CHRISTINE L. WILLIAMS, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia
University, New York
Consultants
LEON PROSKY, Prosky Associates, Rockville, Maryland
ALISON STEPHEN, CanTox, Inc., Mississauga, Ontario
Staff
PAULA R. TRUMBO, Study Director
ALICE L. VOROSMARTI, Research Associate
KIMBERLY STITZEL, Research Assistant (until January 2001)
CARRIE L. HOLLOWAY, Research Assistant
GAIL E. SPEARS, Staff Editor
SANDRA AMAMOO-KAKRA, Senior Project Assistant
MICHELE RAMSEY, Senior Project Assistant (until June 2001)
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON UPPER REFERENCE
LEVELS OF NUTRIENTS
IAN C. MUNRO (Chair through December 2001), CanTox, Inc.,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
JOSEPH V. RODRICKS (Chair beginning January 2002), ENVIRON
International Corporation, Arlington, Virginia
G. HARVEY ANDERSON, Department of Nutritional Sciences,
University of Toronto, Ontario
GEORGE C. BECKING, Phoenix OHC, Kingston, Ontario
ELAINE FAUSTMAN, Department of Environmental Health, University
of Washington, Seattle
SUZANNE HENDRICH, Department of Food Science and Human
Nutrition, Iowa State University, Ames
SANFORD A. MILLER, Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Alexandria
HARRIS PASTIDES, School of Public Health, University of South
Carolina, Columbia
JOHN A. THOMAS, San Antonio, Texas
GARY M. WILLIAMS, Department of Environmental Pathology and
Toxicology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York
Staff
SANDRA SCHLICKER, Study Director
SANDRA AMAMOO-KAKRA, Senior Project Assistant
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SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERPRETATION AND USES OF
DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES
SUSAN I. BARR (Chair), Department of Food, Nutrition, and Health,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
TANYA D. AGURS-COLLINS, Department of Oncology, Howard
University Cancer Center, Washington, D.C.
ALICIA CARRIQUIRY, Department of Statistics, Iowa State University,
Ames
ANN M. COULSTON, Hattner/Coulston Nutrition Associates, LLC.,
Palo Alto, California
BARBARA L. DEVANEY, Mathematica Policy Research, Princeton, New
Jersey
JANET HUNT, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research
Service, Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand
Forks, North Dakota
SUZANNE MURPHY, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of
Hawaii, Honolulu
VALERIE TARASUK, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of
Toronto, Ontario
Staff
MARY POOS, Study Director
ALICE L. VOROSMARTI, Research Associate
HARLEEN SETHI, Project Assistant
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STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE SCIENTIFIC
EVALUATION OF DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES
VERNON R. YOUNG (Chair through April 2002), Laboratory of Human
Nutrition, School of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge
JOHN W. ERDMAN, JR. (Vice-Chair), Department of Food Science and
Human Nutrition, College of Agricultural, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
LINDSAY H. ALLEN, Department of Nutrition, University of California,
Davis
STEPHANIE A. ATKINSON, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health
Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
JOHN D. FERNSTROM, UMPC Health System Weight Management
Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania
SCOTT M. GRUNDY, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
SANFORD A. MILLER, Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, Alexandria
WILLIAM M. RAND, Department of Family Medicine and Community
Health, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
ROBERT M. RUSSELL, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture
Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
Technical Advisor to the DRI Projects
GEORGE BEATON, GHB Consulting, Willowdale, Ontario
U.S. Government Liaison
KATHRYN Y. McMURRY, Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
Washington, D.C.
Canadian Government Liaison
PETER W.F. FISCHER, Nutrition Research Division, Health Protection
Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
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Staff
ALLISON A. YATES, Study Director
MARY POOS, Senior Program Officer
SANDRA SCHLICKER, Senior Program Officer
PAULA R. TRUMBO, Senior Program Officer
ALICE L. VOROSMARTI, Research Associate
CARRIE L. HOLLOWAY, Research Assistant
GAIL E. SPEARS, Staff Editor
SANDRA AMAMOO-KAKRA, Senior Project Assistant
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xvi PREFACE
ing various questions confronted by the panel and subcommittees. Thus,
although governed by scientific rationales, informed judgments were often
required in setting reference values. The reasoning used for each nutrient
is described in Chapters 5 through 11. Chapter 13 addresses major con-
ceptual issues related to the uses of the DRIs that were included in the
early stages of the DRI process and have been developed further by the
Uses Subcommittee.
The quality and quantity of information on overt deficiency diseases
for protein, amino acids, and essential fatty acids available to the com-
mittee were substantial. Unfortunately, information regarding other nutri-
ents for which their primary dietary importance relates to their roles as
energy sources was limited most often to alterations in chronic disease
biomarkers that follow dietary manipulations of energy sources.
Given the uniqueness of the nutrients considered in this report (i.e.,
they or their precursors serve as energy sources and, for this purpose, can
substitute for each other in the diet), the inability to determine an Esti-
mated Average Requirement (EAR) or a Tolerable Upper Intake Level
(UL) in many cases is not surprising. Also, for most of the nutrients in this
report (with a notable exception of protein and some amino acids), there
is no direct information that permits estimating the amounts required by
children, adolescents, the elderly, or pregnant and lactating women. Simi-
larly, data were exceptionally sparse for setting ULs for the macronutrients.
Dose–response studies were either not available or were suggestive of very
low intake levels that could result in inadequate intakes of other nutrients.
These information gaps and inconsistencies often precluded setting reli-
able estimates of upper intake levels that can be ingested safely.
The report’s attention to energy would be incomplete without its
substantial review of the role of daily physical activity in achieving and
sustaining fitness and optimal health (Chapter 12). The report provides
recommended levels of energy expenditure that are considered most com-
patible with minimizing risks of several chronic diseases and provides guid-
ance for achieving recommended levels of energy expenditure. Inclusion
of these recommendations avoids the tacit false assumption that light
sedentary activity is the expected norm in the United States and Canada.
Readers are urged to recognize that the Dietary Reference Intakes
(DRI) process is iterative in character. The Food and Nutrition Board and
the DRI Committee and its subcommittees and panels fully expect that the
DRI conceptual framework will evolve and be improved as novel informa-
tion becomes available and is applied to an expanding list of nutrients and
other food components. Thus, because the DRI activity is ongoing, com-
ments were solicited widely and received on the published reports of this
series. Refinements that resulted from this iterative process were included
in the general information regarding approaches used (Chapters 1
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through 4) and in the discussion of uses of DRIs (Chapter 13). With more
experience, the proposed models for establishing reference intakes of
nutrients and other food components that play significant roles in pro-
moting and sustaining health and optimal functioning will be refined.
Also, as new information or new methods of analysis are adopted, these
reference values undoubtedly will be reassessed.
Many of the questions that were raised about requirements and
recommended intakes could not be answered satisfactorily for the reasons
given above. Thus, among the panel’s major tasks was to outline a research
agenda addressing information gaps uncovered in its review (Chapter 14).
The research agenda is anticipated to help future policy decisions related
to these and future recommendations. This agenda and the critical, com-
prehensive analyses of available information are intended to assist the
private sector, foundations, universities, governmental and international
agencies and laboratories, and other institutions in the development of
their respective research priorities for the next decade.
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for
their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with pro-
cedures approved by the NRC’s Report Review Committee. The purpose
of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that
will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible
and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity,
evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments
and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the
deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their
review of this report:
Arne Astrup, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University; George
Blackburn, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Elsworth Buskirk,
Pennsylvania State University; William Connor, Oregon Health and
Science University; John Hathcock, Council for Responsible Nutrition;
Satish Kalhan, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine;
Martijn Katan, Wageningen Agricultural University; David Kritchevsky,
The Wistar Institute; Shiriki Kumanyika, University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine; William Lands, National Institutes of Health;
Geoffrey Livesey, Independent Nutrition Logic; Ross Prentice, Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Barbara Schneeman, University
of California, Davis; Christopher Sempos, State University of New York,
Buffalo; Virginia Stallings, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia;
Steve Taylor, University of Nebraska; Daniel Tomé, Institut National
Agronomique Paris-Grinon; and Walter Willett, Harvard School of
Public Health.
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Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive
comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclu-
sions or recommendations nor did they see the final draft of the report
before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Catherine
Ross, Pennsylvania State University and Irwin Rosenberg, Tufts University,
appointed by the Institute of Medicine, who were responsible for making
certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in
accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments
were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report
rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.
The Food and Nutrition Board gratefully acknowledges the Canadian
government’s support and Canadian scientists’ participation in this initia-
tive. This close collaboration represents a pioneering first step in the har-
monization of nutrient reference intakes in North America. A description
of the overall DRI project and of the panel’s task is given in Appendix B.
The Food and Nutrition Board joins the DRI Committee, the Panel on
Macronutrients, the Panel on the Definition of Dietary Fiber, the UL Sub-
committee, and the Uses Subcommittee in extending sincere appreciation
to the many experts who assisted with this report by giving presentations to
the various groups charged with its development, providing written
materials, participating in the groups’ open discussions, analyzing data,
and other means. Many, but far from all, of these individuals are named in
Appendix C. Special gratitude is extended to the staff at ENVIRON Inter-
national Corporation for providing national survey data.
The respective chairs and members of the Panel on Macronutrients
and subcommittees performed their work under great time pressures.
Their dedication made the report’s timely completion possible. All gave
their time and hard work willingly and without financial reward; the public
and the science and practice of nutrition are among the major beneficiaries
of their dedication. The Food and Nutrition Board thanks these indi-
viduals, and especially the staff responsible for its development—in par-
ticular, Paula Trumbo for coordinating this complex report, and Sandra
Schlicker, who served as a program officer for the study. The intellectual
and managerial contributions made by these individuals to the report’s
comprehensiveness and scientific base were critical to fulfilling the
project’s mandate. Sincere thanks also go to other FNB staff, including
Alice Vorosmarti, Kimberly Stitzel, Carrie Holloway, Gail Spears, Sandra
Amamoo-Kakra, and Michele Ramsey, all of whom labored over nearly
three years of work to complete this document.
And last, but certainly not least, the Food and Nutrition Board wishes
to extend special thanks to Sandy Miller, who initially served as chair of
the Panel on Macronutrients; Joanne Lupton, who subsequently assumed
the role of chair of the panel and continued in that role through the
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study’s completion; and Vernon Young, who served as chair of the DRI
Committee since the inception of the overall DRI activity. Professor
Young’s dedication to this and earlier DRI activities and his uncompromis-
ing standards for scientific rigor are most gratefully acknowledged.
Cutberto Garza
Chair, Food and Nutrition Board
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Contents
SUMMARY 1
1 INTRODUCTION TO DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES 21
What Are Dietary Reference Intakes? 21
Categories of Dietary Reference Intakes, 22
Determination of Adequacy, 28
Parameters for Dietary Reference Intakes, 29
Summary, 36
References, 36
2 METHODS AND APPROACHES USED 38
Overview, 38
Types of Data Used, 39
Methods to Determine the Adequate Intake for Infants, 44
Methods to Determine the Dietary Requirements for Children
and Adults, 46
Estimates of Nutrient Intake, 48
Dietary Intakes in the United States and Canada, 49
Summary, 50
References, 50
3 RELATIONSHIP OF MACRONUTRIENTS AND
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY TO CHRONIC DISEASE 53
Overview, 53
Cancer, 53
Heart Disease, 57
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Dental Caries, 61
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 62
Obesity, 64
Skeletal Health, 66
Summary, 66
References, 66
4 A MODEL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOLERABLE UPPER
INTAKE LEVELS 84
Background, 84
A Model for the Derivation of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels, 85
Risk Assessment and Food Safety, 86
Application of the Risk Assessment Model to Nutrients, 91
Steps in the Development of the Tolerable Upper Intake Level, 94
Intake Assessment, 104
Risk Characterization, 104
References, 105
5 ENERGY 107
Summary, 107
Background Information, 108
Selection of Indicators for Estimating the Requirement for
Energy, 117
Factors Affecting Energy Expenditure and Requirements, 131
Approach Used to Determine Total Energy Expenditure, 151
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group, 164
Adverse Effects of Overconsumption of Energy, 223
Research Recommendations, 225
References, 240
6 DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES: SUGARS
AND STARCHES 265
Summary, 265
Background Information, 265
Evidence Considered for Estimating the Average Requirement for
Carbohydrate, 277
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group, 280
Intake of Carbohydrates, 294
Adverse Effects of Overconsumption, 295
Research Recommendations, 323
References, 324
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7 DIETARY, FUNCTIONAL, AND TOTAL FIBER 339
Summary, 339
Background Information, 340
Evidence Considered for Estimating the Requirement for
Dietary Fiber and Functional Fiber, 362
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group, 384
Intake of Dietary Fiber, 390
Adverse Effects of Overconsumption, 391
Research Recommendations, 399
References, 400
8 DIETARY FATS: TOTAL FAT AND FATTY ACIDS 422
Summary, 422
Background Information, 424
Evidence Considered for Estimating the Requirements for
Total Fat and Fatty Acids, 440
Factors Affecting the Requirements, 447
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group, 456
Intakes of Total Fat and Fatty Acids, 473
Adverse Effects of Overconsumption, 481
Research Recommendations, 505
References, 515
9 CHOLESTEROL 542
Summary, 542
Background Information, 543
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group, 546
Intake of Cholesterol, 549
Adverse Effects of Overconsumption, 549
Risk Characterization, 573
Research Recommendations, 574
References, 578
10 PROTEIN AND AMINO ACIDS 589
Summary, 589
Background Information, 590
Selection of Indicators for Estimating the Requirement for
Protein (Nitrogen), 610
Selection of Indicators for Estimating the Requirement for
Individual Amino Acids, 613
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group for Total Protein, 619
Findings by Life Stage and Gender Group for Indispensable
Amino Acids, 662
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Intake of Total Protein and Amino Acids, 682
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for Protein, 692
Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for Individual Amino Acids, 695
Research Recommendations, 737
References, 738
11 MACRONUTRIENTS AND HEALTHFUL DIETS 769
Summary, 769
Introduction, 770
Dietary Fat and Carbohydrate, 772
n-9 Monounsaturated Fatty Acids, 816
n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, 820
n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, 826
Saturated Fatty Acids, Trans Fatty Acids, and Cholesterol, 835
Conjugated Linoleic Acid, 836
Dietary Fiber and Functional Fiber, 838
Dietary Protein, 839
References, 845
12 PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 880
Summary, 880
Background Information, 881
Physical Activity Level and Energy Balance, 884
Evidence for Healthful Effects of Physical Activity, 912
Balance of Carbohydrate and Lipid Oxidation During
Exercise and Recovery, 917
Physical Fitness, 923
Adverse Effects of Excessive Physical Activity, 926
Research Recommendations, 929
References, 929
13 APPLICATIONS OF DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES
FOR MACRONUTRIENTS 936
Overview, 936
Assessing Nutrient Intakes of Individuals, 937
Assessing Nutrient Intakes of Groups, 941
Planning Nutrient Intakes of Individuals, 946
Planning Nutrient Intakes of Groups, 947
Nutrient-Specific Considerations, 949
Integrated Example, 963
Summary, 964
References, 965
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14 A RESEARCH AGENDA 968
Approach, 968
Major Knowledge Gaps, 969
The Research Agenda, 971
APPENDIXES
A Glossary and Acronyms 973
B Origin and Framework of the Development of Dietary Reference
Intake 978
C Acknowledgments 985
D Dietary Intake Data from the Third National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III),
1988–1994 988
E Dietary Intake Data from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes
by Individuals (CSFII), 1994–1996, 1998 1028
F Canadian Dietary Intake Data, 1990–1997 1066
G Special Analyses for Dietary Fats 1076
H Body Composition Data Based on the Third National Health
and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III),
1988–1994 1078
I Doubly Labeled Water Data Used to Predict Energy
Expenditure 1104
J Association of Added Sugars Intake and Intake of Other
Nutrients, 1203
K Data Comparing Carbohydrate Intake to Intake of Other Nutrients
from the Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII),
1994–1996, 1998 1226
L Options for Dealing with Uncertainties 1244
M Nitrogen Balance Studies Used to Estimate the Protein
Requirements in Adults 1250
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL AND
1259
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS
1275
INDEX
1319
SUMMARY TABLES, DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES
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