Answer:
Correct Answer: Estimating the adequacy of an individual’s nutrient intake
Explanation:
Dietary Reference Intake is used to plan a diet for a regular healthy individual and not for a group of people or for people with medical problems. This is Dietary Reference introduced by the Institute of medicine of the national academies in the US. In order for it to be an average reference that can be widely used by people everywhere around the globe it has to take into account the nutrition recommendations for a single healthy individual, as this eliminates several unknown variables. People with medical problems or population groups cannot appropriately use this as a reference as they do not represent a dietary norm; however, individuals from these groups are free to use the DRI in order to properly plan their meals and nutritional intake.
