Dietary Reference Intakes

The Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine, The National Academies, recently released the fourth in a series of reports presenting dietary reference values for the intake of nutrients by Americans and Canadians (1). The overall project is a comprehensive effort undertaken by the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI Committee) of the Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, with the active involvement of Canadian scientists11Full texts of reports are available at www.nap.edu..