A new mother is breast-feeding her infant. The nurse asks the mother if she is getting the correct amounts of dietary reference intakes. The nurse knows the mother understands dietary guidelines when she states:
A. "I am not concerned about dietary guidelines or a strict diet."
B. "I am taking the vitamin doses according to the television advertisements."
C. "I am only taking one multiple vitamin a day and eating whatever I want."
D. "I am eating the correct amount of food according to the recommended dietary allowances and intakes."
D
The Food and Nutrition Board has published dietary reference intakes in response to the public use of nutritional supplements with the goal of chronic disease prevention. There are four com-ponents: estimated average requirements, recommended dietary allowances, adequate intakes, and tolerable upper intake levels.
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