Several new ways of evaluating the adequacy of intakes have been recommended by the Subcommittee on Uses and Interpretation of the DRIs.
Accurate and adequate food composition data are invaluable for estimating the adequacy of intakes of essential metals and assessing exposure risks from intake of toxic non-essential metals (Soylak et al. 2005).
The log-FGF23 values correlated with the prevalent plasma calcium levels at all sequential measurements during Months 1, 6 and 12. FGF23 did not correlate with serum phosphorus, adequacy of phosphorus intake, adequacy of calcium intake, 25OHD, 1,25(or)2D or Klotho levels at any time.
Data have been used to evaluate the adequacy of nutrient intake using the Dietary Reference Intakes, to assist in development of nutrition policies related to obesity, and to evaluate policies such as folic acid fortification.
Adequacy of protein intake was approximately 51%315%% of the dietary reference intake.
To assess the adequacy of Ca intake, the latest recommendations of the Dietary Reference Intakes - DRI were used [ 29, 30].
Also, a percentage of adequacy of protein intake was calculated using the following equation: protein intake/dietary reference intake × 100.
However, there are few quantitative data for basing judgements about the adequacy of calcium intake where stunting is common, and no published studies of calcium intake from breast milk and foods in the same individual.
