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Table of Contents

I. Ways of expressing dietary recommendations

RDA
RDI
DRV
Percent of Daily Value
Exceeding the recommendations

II. Official Recommendations

Broad recommendations
The Food Guide Pyramid
Canada's Food Guide

III. Adherence to Recommendations

Results
Concerns
A vegetarian food pyramid

IV. Life Stages

Basal Energy Expenditure
Changes with age

Infancy
Years of growth
Adolescence
Pregnancy and Lactation
Old Age