History of Nutrition Committee
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – Room 151 AB
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
3:00 PM–5:00 PM
Chairs
Forrest H. Nielsen, PhD and Ann L. Yaktine, PhD, RD
Presentations
The advent of the DRI paradigm: Why it improved on the RDAs. Allison A. Yates, PhD, RD, Johnson City, TN
Conventions and controversies in setting the DRIs. Stephanie A. Atkinson, PhD, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
The expanded uses of the DRIs. Susan I. Barr, PhD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
How the DRIs have changed nutrition policies. Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Current and projected development of the DRIs. Suzanne P. Murphy, PhD, RD, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI