1. RDA/FOOD LABEL

2. Recommended Dietary Allowances
The levels of intake of essential nutrients considered, in the judgment of the national committee on dietary allowances, to meet the known nutritional needs of all healthy persons.

3. RDA FACTS 40 countries have their own RDA’s
RDA’s indicate a % rather than an amount
RDA’s are for nutrients in foods after processing and cooking
RDA’s do not have to be reached every day
RDA’s are for standard body sizes & usual range of exercise
RDA’s of the US have been regularly revised about every 5 years since 1941

4. FOOD LABELS
Food labels are a listing of nutritional info. on the back of every food item in the grocery store

5. With today’s food labels consumers get…
nutritional info about every food in the grocery store
Easy to read formats
Info on the amount per serving of saturated fat, cholesterol, fiber, and other nutrients of major health concern
Expressed as % daily values (DV)
Standardized serving sizes