Dietary intake throughout childhood is a key determinant of growth and development and has an important role in both the prevention and treatment of childhood overweight and obesity. Although dietary ...

day and projections from effects on blood pressure that dietary sodium intake up to 2,300 mg daily 2 is not likely to cause any harm. The relationship between other electrolytes and changes in blood ...

Conducting an intake assessment—after the available scientific data have allowed the estimation of reference values (see Chapters 5 and 6)—is one of the hallmarks of nutrient risk assessment.