Few Definitions
     Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI)
    Average daily amounts of essential 
     nutrients estimated on the basis of 
     available scientific knowledge to be 
     sufficiently high to meet the 
     physiological needs of practically all 
     healthy persons in a group with 
     specified characteristics.
    Dietary Value Intake
     Dietary Reference value
     The average daily nutrient intake 
     level estimated to meet the 
     requirement of half of the healthy 
     individuals in a particular life stage 
     and gender group.
    Food groups & its uses
     Various food items that are 
     commonly consumed in our country 
     which are the main source of 
     nutrients in our diet and are used in 
     formulating nutritionally adequate 
     diets for various categories of people 
     to meet their needs as per nutritional 
     standards (RDA)
     Formulating special diets for 
     therapeutic purposes.
     Converts quantitative nutrient data 
     into food
    Five Food groups
    related information that can be used both by 
     consumer and health professionals in diet 
     planning to achieve nutritional adequacy.
     The five food groups are:
    a. Cereal and grain products
    b. Pulses or legumes
    c. Milk, egg and flesh foods
    d. Fruits and vegetables
    e. Fats and sugar
      Importance of five food 
            group plan
     Allows a person to plan his/her diet 
     to achieve the nutritional adequacy 
     as per RDA.
     Tool for nutritional assessment and 
     screening
     Tool for nutritional counseling
     Teach a patient about nutrition
     Explaining therapeutic diets to a 
     patient
     Food labelling and for nutrition 
     surveillance system.