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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > nutrition > human nutrition > dietary recommendations > Estimated Average Requirement
Human Nutrition, Food Safety and Quality > human nutrition > dietary recommendations > Estimated Average Requirement
Preferred Term:

Estimated Average Requirement

Definition:
The intake value that is estimated to meet the requirement defined by a specified indicator of adequacy in 50 percent of an age- and gender-specific group. At this level of intake, the remaining 50 percent of the specified group would not have its needs met.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
dietary recommendations
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/33448
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2019-04-23