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| Recommended Dietary Allowances for Sri Lanka |
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| Recommended Dietary Allowances for Sri Lanka |
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| # All ranges of age start at given figure in months or years and ends one decimal point short of the given figure (e.g. 3 - 6 months = 3 - 5.99 months) |
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| # # Body weight is as at the mid point of the age range (NCHS) |
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| * Values in parenthesis are requirements of reference proteins |
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| * * Based on dietary iron absorption levels, (for rice based diet), 5% for adult men, children and adolescent boys; 8% for adolescent girls, adult and lactating women; 13.3% for pregnant women. |
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| Based on WHO recommendation 1985 (RDA for iron is based on ICMR recommendation 1990) |
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