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Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas
On-line version ISSN 1561-3011
Abstract
HERNANDEZ TRIANA, Manuel. Nutritional recommendations for the human beign: updating. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2004, vol.23, n.4, pp. 266-292. ISSN 1561-3011.
The nutritional recommendations of energy and nutrients, which are the basic working tool of nutrionists and health and economy workers and planners were updated . Documents setting the guidelines on the amount of nutrients the population should receive to meet its requirements have been published at the international level since 1943. The nutritional recommendation refers to the amount of a certain nutrient capable of facilitating the normal functioning of the human metabolism in almost the totality of the population.The recommendations have practical ends and a merely population approach.They are regularly updated by international bodies in accordance with the results of the nutritional research. The recommendations made by the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board, 2002, the FAO/WHO/UNO Expert Committees of Energy and Proteins, and the Nutritional Recommendations and Food Guides for the Cuban Population, 1996, were used as reference documents.
Keywords : Energy; nutrient; requirements; recommendation.