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recommended daily allowance

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rec·om·mend·ed daily allowance (rk-mndd)
n. Abbr. RDA
The amounts of nutrients and calories an individual is recommended to consume daily, especially the amounts of vitamins and minerals recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council.
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recommended daily allowance

recommended daily allowance
the amount of each nutrient that provides for the animal's nutritional requirements; abbreviated RDA. It is greater than the minimum daily requirement (MDR), allowing for individual variation.

recommended daily allowance
Clinical nutrition A guideline of essential nutrients recommended by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, for daily ingestion in an idealized normal person engaged in average activities, in a temperate environment for optimal nutrition, in a 'standardized' 70 kg man; RDAs are ↑ for ↑ activity, body growth and size, pregnancy, lactation, and adverse environmental conditions; RDAs are designed for a state of wellness and are poorly applicable in sick, traumatized, or burned Pts. See Daily Value, Minerals, Vitamins.


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