A Reporting System for Nutrient Adequacy¹²

Dietary intakes of specified nutrients can be estimated easily and relatively accurately by using techniques proposed in this paper. Foods that contain these nutrients and that are most frequently consumed by a target population group can be used as the basis for development of a quantified food record form. Placing foods of similar nutrient content into groups, evaluating the variance of the foods within each group in respect to nutrient standards used, and estimating nutritional adequacy of diets by using mean nutrient contributions from each group result in a reasonably accurate assessment of nutrient adequacy of diets of groups of people. A simple computer program was written to process the data and to provide nutrient profiles that could be used to develop and monitor nutrition education programs.