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Assessing The Prevalence Of Inadequate Nutrient Intake Among Vegetarians And Non-Vegetarians Using The Estimated Average Requirement : Results From The Adventist Health Study-2 Calibration Study, Choon Chew Teo
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Introduction: Studies have shown that vegetarians have lower risk of chronic diseases and longer lifespan. Yet when mean intake of vegetarians was compared with the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), it was reported that vegetarians were inadequate in certain nutrients. With the recent establishment of the Estimated Average Requirement (EAR), the new reference standard for assessing adequacy of population intakes, nutrient adequacy of the vegetarian diet should now be reassessed.
Daily number of servings for each food group of the food guides have usually been theoretically computed based on intakes suggested in menus or cookbooks. We attempted to use the actual …