Dietary Reference Intake

Overview

Dietary Reference Intake refers to a set of scientifically established nutrient and energy recommendations used to guide adequate nutrition across different populations and life stages. Research published in the International Journal of Nutrition examines multiple dimensions of dietary reference standards and their practical application. Studies have evaluated the accuracy of Dietary Reference Intake equations for estimating total daily energy expenditure in specific populations, including Brazilian adolescents assessed using doubly labeled water methodology. The journal has published work on dietary diversity scoring systems for patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, dietary assessment methodologies including mobile technology applications, and nutritional intake patterns in various demographic groups ranging from urban adolescent girls to occupational populations. Additional research has addressed salt consumption relative to recommended limits in rural populations, specialized dietary interventions for children with gastrointestinal conditions, and the relationship between dietary factors and chronic diseases. This body of work reflects the practical challenges of translating reference intake values into real-world dietary assessment and intervention, highlighting variations across geographic regions, age groups, health conditions, and socioeconomic contexts where standardized nutritional recommendations must be adapted and validated.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 48 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Nov 2026.

• Socio-Demographic Determinants of Mothers and Their Relationships With Adolescent Girl Nutritional Status in Urban and Peri-Urban Settings
  2026 · INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
• Gut Microbiota in Colorectal Cancer: Mechanistic Insights, Clinical Strategies, and a Regional Perspective with a Focus on Sichuan, China
  2026 · Cancers
• Understanding Graduate Students’ Perspectives on Food Apps to Inform User-Centered Design: Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Survey Study
  2026 · JMIR Formative Research
• Self-care practices and associated factors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients attending public hospitals in Bale zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia
  Eshetu Zemen et al. · 2025 · PeerJ
• Household food insecurity, sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with high blood pressure among women in farming communities in Ghana
  A. K. Christian et al. · 2025 · BMC Women's Health
• Nutritional status of third-gender population of Dhaka City, Bangladesh
  2025 · Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition
• Identifying the causes of adolescent malnutrition in Nuwara-Eliya District, Sri Lanka
  2025 · Scientific Reports
• Understanding Graduate Students' Perspectives on Food Applications: A User-Centered Approach to Healthy Eating and Food Waste Reduction (Preprint)
  2025 ·

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