Estimating the bioavailability factors needed for setting dietary reference values

Fairweather-Tait, Susan J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1413-5569 and Collings, Rachel (2010) Estimating the bioavailability factors needed for setting dietary reference values. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 80 (4-5). pp. 249-256. ISSN 0300-9831

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Abstract

Estimated average requirements for micronutrients are central to deriving Dietary Reference Values. These are used for nutrition policies and programs, and also for regulatory and labeling purposes, and are traditionally devised to cover the needs of virtually all individuals in any population group. In order to estimate the average requirement, an appropriate endpoint (biomarker) is selected which describes the relationship between dietary intake and health. However, for some micronutrients, such as zinc, there are no good biomarkers, and for others, such as iron, the intake-status relationship is confounded by variations in absorption. Average requirements for these nutrients are derived using a factorial approach in which physiological needs for tissue growth and maintenance and endogenous losses are estimated, and the total converted to a dietary requirement by taking into account the overall absorption from the diet; i. e. multiplying the requirement by a bioavailability factor. The latter can be determined using algorithms, or estimates from absorption studies, some of which are described in this short review paper.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	biological availability,biological markers,diet,humans,intestinal absorption,iron, dietary,micronutrients,nutrition policy,nutritional requirements,reference values,zinc
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Musculoskeletal Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health
Depositing User:	Users 2731 not found.
Date Deposited:	15 Nov 2011 13:36
Last Modified:	19 Oct 2023 00:35
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/35470
DOI:	10.1024/0300-9831/a000031

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