Sponsored Satellite Program: Time for an Update - Nutrients in the DRI Waiting Room
Sponsored By: Council for Responsible Nutrition, GOED
In 2013, the Federal DRI Steering Committees (SCs) created a nomination process to help identify candidate nutrients for future DRI reviews. Nutrient nominations were limited to nutrients that had undergone a previous IOM DRI review. Several criteria were established to prioritize eligible nutrients, building on the criteria established for the calcium and vitamin D review with a focus on chronic disease endpoints. The DRI SCs determined that four nutrients were worthy of future assessment: sodium, omega-3 fatty acids (EPA+DHA), vitamin E and magnesium. Only sodium has received a DRI review. This session will address the accumulated evidence-base of the three remaining nutrients nominated for DRI review and why it is a public health imperative to update these nutrient DRIs.
This Sponsored Satellite Program was originally presented at NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the framework for developing dietary nutrient reference intakes
- Explain the scientific basis for updating or developing DRIs for vitamin E, magnesium and omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA
- Identify potential improvements in the process of developing nutrient DRIs
This Sponsored Satellite Program includes the following presentations:
- Introduction
- The Case for Vitamin E
- The Case for Omega-3 Fatty Acids EPA and DHA
- The Case for Magnesium
- Panel Discussion
Chair: John W. Erdman, Jr., PhD – Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Maret G. Traber, PhD – Ava Helen Pauling Chair, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University
Speaker: William S. Harris, PhD – President, Fatty Acid Research Institute
Speaker: Rebecca Costello, PhD – Center for Magnesium Education and Research (CMER)
Available Credit
- 1.50 Attendance
Learners are eligible to download a Certificate of Attendance upon activity completion. A Certificate of Attendance confirms the learner has completed the activity and does not confer any continuing education credit to the learner from ASN.