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Part 1: Background on Nutrient Reference Values
Pages 3-6

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... Increasingly, international scientific bodies and national governments recognized that a need existed to develop methods for deriving NRVs that could be applied across multiple countries and regions, and especially for low- and middleincome countries. They noted that an important consideration in this process was ensuring that NRVs would be pertinent to the needs of selected population subgroups, particularly young children and women of reproductive age.
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... Key Findings 1. The purpose of developing NRVs is to assure that, if met, the majority of a generally healthy population will have sufficient intake levels to prevent nutrient deficiency disease and to avoid adverse effects of excessive intake.
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... Either way, selecting a methodological approach for a nutrient review depends on the role of the nutrient in meeting physiological needs, intake patterns, bioavailability of the nutrient, and the presence of infection and other local factors that influence the requirement for the population under consideration. The option to accept, update, or adapt existing NRVs means that it is not necessary to go into a full review; rather, adjust existing reference values and document how it was done.
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... A Sixth Recommendation Based on its review of the current process for deriving NRVs and the application of new tools for this process and its examination of three nutrient case studies, the committee also concluded that it is possible to develop a harmonized global process for NRVs. This conclusion supported one additional recommendation.
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