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Recommended intakes of nutrients vary by age and sex and are known as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and Adequate Intakes (AIs). However, one value for each nutrient, known as the Daily Value (DV), is selected for the labels of dietary supplements and foods.
Here are the recommended number of daily or weekly servings of each food group for adults based on eating a total of 2,000 calories per day. Your calorie needs may be different, depending on your age, activity level and whether you are trying to lose, gain or maintain your weight.
DVs are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume or not to exceed each day. The %DV is how much a nutrient in a single serving of an individual packaged food or dietary supplement...
A healthy diet includes the following: Fruit, vegetables, legumes (e.g. lentils and beans), nuts and whole grains (e.g. unprocessed maize, millet, oats, wheat and brown rice). At least 400 g (i.e. five portions) of fruit and vegetables per day (2), excluding potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava and other starchy roots.
The most popular and common of these in the U.S. is the Daily Value or (%DV). This is the percentage that you see on all nutrition facts labels. In addition to this, there is the Reference Dietary Intake (RDI), and Tolerable Upper Limit (UL) that any person should consume.
Updated recommendations for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults. Go to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020–2025. ODPHP provides a toolkit for health professionals, including consumer-friendly handouts.
This tool will calculate daily nutrient recommendations based on the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) established by the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The data represents the most current scientific knowledge on nutrient needs.
Recommended intakes of nutrients vary by age and sex and are known as Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs) and Adequate Intakes (AIs). However, one value for each nutrient, known as the Daily Value (DV), is selected for the labels of dietary supplements and foods.
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 provides advice on what to eat and drink to meet nutrient needs, promote health, and help prevent chronic disease.
USDA and HHS have developed resources for professionals to help promote healthy eating across the lifespan from birth to adulthood. These professional resources make it easy for you to put the evidence-based recommendations from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2020-2025 into practice.