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The phrase "average intake" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the typical amount of something consumed, such as food, nutrients, or substances, over a specific period.
Example: "The average intake of calories for an adult should be around 2,000 per day to maintain a healthy weight."
Alternatives: "typical consumption" or "mean intake".
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Americans have increased their daily average intake by 200 calories in two decades, Critser says.
He said Mexico's tax on sugar drinks, introduced in 2014, had only reduced average intake by six calories a day.
Average intake is around 200 micrograms a day, half the recommended amount.
The average intake of saturates is now at about 12 or 13percentt, and some people are consuming more than 15percentt of their calories as saturated fat.
Average intake for adults in the UK is 11.6% and for children it is 15.2% – both above current government advice, which is for a maximum 10%.
Of the women who drank, the average intake was one unit per day, the equivalent to a small glass of wine or 8g of alcohol.
Finally, there is a strong relationship in population studies between the average intake of salt and the rate of ulcers and stomach cancer.
Defra recently reported that our average intake of sugar that has been added to food and drink or released through processing dropped by 9.7% between 2011 and 2014.
"About 77percentt of the average intake comes from processed, packaged or restaurant food, which can contain an obscene amount of salt.
The panel did not conclude that the average intake of 3,400 milligrams a day is necessarily risky.
Children with special needs now account for between a tenth and a quarter of an average intake.
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