Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition

Normal and Therapeutic Nutrition 3(2+1)

Lesson 7:Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)

Guidelines for use of RDAs of Energy

• Energy allowances represent only average requirement and no allowance is to be made for any safety margin.
• Energy requirements are given in-terms of reference man and woman. Therefore energy requirements of individual of different weight and age have to be calculated as suggested.
• Energy requirement of adults should be related to energy expenditure rather than intake.
• For malnourished children, the RDA for actual age should be used and no adjustments for actual body weight should be made.