Sentence examples for an average requirement from inspiring English sources

Even the relatively well-off in Katine, such as a school teacher who might have a monthly income of Shs 120,000 (£51) would struggle to meet an average requirement for a bank of at least £25 deposit a month.

The IOM concluded that it was not possible to give an estimated average requirement due to extreme variability in water requirements that cannot be explained by different metabolism, variability in environmental conditions and activity.

Taking a certain underestimation of the folate content of foods due to analytical limitations into account, 10% were added to arrive at 220 μg/d as an estimated average requirement (EAR).

In the biofortification program, the original assumption for retention was 50%, which would provide 50% of the vitamin A estimated average requirement (EAR) for children four –to six years of age and women of child bearing age considering the assumptions for maize consumption and β-carotene bioavailability and bioconversion remained constant.

Adding this extra amount to an adult's average requirement of 220 μg/d and providing for another 30% to make sure that 97.5% of the population group of pregnant women achieve an adequate folate status, a recommended dietary intake of 550 μg/d folate equivalents was derived for pregnant women.

Canadian nutrition survey in 2004 data showed that percentages of adult women 19 years or over with a usual intake below the estimated average requirement were 35.8% for vitamin A, 16.7% for vitamin C and 14.0% for zinc [ 47].

The median intakes of nutrients expressed as a proportion of the estimated average requirement (EAR) are shown in Figure  1.

As reported elsewhere, however, approximately one-third of this sample of lactating women had dietary folate intakes (folate endogenous to food + folic acid as a fortificant) below their estimated average requirement [ 40].

In the present study, no women consuming a 400 μg/d folate supplement had a blood folate value ≤ 906 nmol/L or a folate intake below her estimated average requirement [ 40].

Roman Vinas et al. reported that between 31% and 47% of an adult and elderly population during 1997 1998 had an intake of Se below the estimated average requirement.

Using this framework, the prevalence of dietary inadequacy can be estimated for most nutrients as the proportion of a population's usual nutrient intake distribution that falls below the estimated average requirement (EAR).