Current status of recommended dietary allowances in Southeast Asia: a regional overview.
Current status of recommended dietary allowances in Southeast Asia: a regional overview.
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东南亚推荐膳食摄入量的现状：区域概述。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1753-4887.1998.tb01709.x
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发表时间：
2009
影响因子：
6.1
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E
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This is probably the first time that scientists in Southeast Asia have gathered to discuss in depth the recommended dietary allowances (RDAs) in these countries, their utili zation, and future developments, The interaction among scientists in the region should bring about mutual ben efits, The presence of experts from the Food and Agricul ture Organization/World Health Organization (FAOIWHO) and the United States should provide valuable input of experiences from all over the world and fmm the country with the most advanced research in nutrient requirements. It was believed that a situational analysis of the cur rently available RDAs in the Southeast Asian region could provide useful input for the workshop discussions. This overview attempts to collate and analyze the RDAs in the region for commonalities and differences and to highlight specific and special features. It is hoped that this paper will serve as background infonnation for further delibera tions during the workshop and discussion sessions. For this purpose, RDAs currently in USI~ in the follow ing six Southeast Asian countries were obtained for the review: Indonesia,1 Malaysia,2 Philippines,3 Singapore,4 Thailand,s and Vietnam. 6 In addition, recommendations from WHOIFA0 9 as well as RDAs used in the United States10 were included for comparison. Brunei Darussalam uses a combination of several RDAs, esp(!cially the Ma laysian and British RDAs. Recommendations for the most relevant nutrients in the region-----namely, energy, protein, calcium, iron, vitamin A, thiamin, riboflavin, folate, vita min B 12 , vitamin C (ascorbic acid), and iodine-are tabu lated and compared for the different countries and ac cording to age. Documentation of the RDAs received were incom plete in most cases, where only the nutrients tabulated were received by the author. The development process or steps and the rationale for the levels of the various recom~
