APPENDIX
IV
TABLE IV-1
Recommended Daily Dietary Allowances*^
Fat-Soluble Vitamins
Age (yr)
Weight*
Height*
Category
or
-
Condition
(kg)
(lb)
(cm)
(in)
Protein
(g)
Vitamin A
(jUgRE)§
Vitamin D
(jug
) 11
Vitamin
E
(mg a-TE)l
Vitamin K
(Mg)#
Infants
0.0-0.5
6
13
60
24
13
375
7.5
3
5
0.5-1.0
9
2 0
71
28
14
375
1 0
4
1 0
Children
1-3
13
29
90
35
16
400
1 0
6
15
4-6
2 0
44
1 1 2
44
24
500
1 0
7
2 0
7-10
28
62
132
52
28
700
1 0
7
30
Males
11-14
45
99
157
62
45
1 , 0 0 0
1 0
1 0
45
15-18
6 6
145
176
69
59
1 , 0 0 0
1 0
1 0
65
19-24
72
160
177
70
58
1 , 0 0 0
1 0
1 0
70
25-50
79
174
176
70
63
1 , 0 0 0
5
1 0
80
51+
77
170
173
6 8
63
1 , 0 0 0
5
1 0
80
Females
11-14
46
1 0 1
157
62
46
800
1 0
8
45
15-18
55
1 2 0
163
64
44
800
1 0
8
55
19-24
58
128
164
65
46
800
1 0
8
60
25-50
63
138
163
64
50
800
5
8
65
51+
65
143
160
63
50
800
5
8
65
Pregnant
60
800
1 0
1 0
65
Lactating 1 st
6
months
65
1,300
1 0
1 2
65
2
nd
6
months
62
1 , 2 0 0
1 0
1 1
65
*From: Recommended Dietary Allowances, 10th ed. Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council—National Academy of Sciences, 1989.
fThe allowances, expressed as average daily intakes over time, are intended to provide for individual variations among most normal persons as they
live in the United States under usual environmental stresses. Diets should be based on a variety of common foods in order to provide other nutrients
for which human requirements have been less well defined.
^Weights and heights of Reference Adults are actual medians for the U.S. population of the designated age, as reported by NHANES II. The median
weights and heights of those under 19 years of age were taken from Flamill et al., 1979. The use of these figures does not imply that the height-to-
weight ratios are ideal.
^Retinol equivalents. 1 retinol equivalent =1 Rg of retinal or 6 Rg of J3-carotene.
^As cholecalciferol. 10 Rg of cholecalciferol = 400 IU of vitamin D.
'la-Tocophenol equivalents. 1 mg of d-a-tocopherol = 1 a-TE.
#1
NE (niacin equivalent) is equal to 1 mg of niacin or 60 mg of dietary tryptophan.
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