NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the committee responsible for the report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Contract No. 282-96-0033, TO #4; Health Canada; the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the National Institutes of Health; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; the U.S. Department of Agriculture; the Department of Defense; the Institute of Medicine; the Dietary Reference Intakes Private Foundation Fund, including the Dannon Institute and the International Life Sciences Institute, North America; and the Dietary Reference Intakes Corporate Donors’ Fund. Contributors to the Fund include Roche Vitamins Inc, Mead Johnson Nutrition Group, and M&M Mars. The views presented in this report are those of the Institute of Medicine Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes and its panels and subcommittes and are not necessarily those of the funding agencies.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Dietary reference intakes 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.

p. ; cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-309-08525-X (pbk.)—ISBN 0-309-08537-3 (hardcover) 1. Nutrition. 2. Reference values (Medicine)

[DNLM: 1. Nutrition. 2. Diet. 3. Reference Values. ] I. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Panel on Macronutrients. II. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes.

QP141.D529 2005

613.2—dc22

2004031026

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