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{{Short description|US system of nutrition recommendations}} {{for|the nutritional requirements system used in the European Union and the United Kingdom|Dietary Reference Values}} The '''Dietary Reference Intake''' ('''DRI''') is a system of [[nutrition]] recommendations from the [[National Academy of Medicine]] (NAM){{efn|formerly the Institute of Medicine (IoM)}} of the [[National Academies (United States)]].<ref name="HealthCanada">{{cite web |url=https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/dietary-reference-intakes/consumer-guide-dris-dietary-reference-intakes.html |title=A Consumer's Guide to the DRIs (Dietary Reference Intakes) |publisher=Health Canada |date=2010-11-29 |access-date=2017-08-29}}</ref> It was introduced in 1997 in order to broaden the existing guidelines known as '''Recommended Dietary Allowances''' ('''RDAs''', see below). The DRI values differ from those used in [[nutrition labeling]] on food and [[dietary supplement]] products in the U.S. and Canada, which uses [[Reference Daily Intake]]s (RDIs) and [[Daily Value]]s (%DV) which were based on outdated RDAs from 1968 but were updated as of 2016.<ref name="FedReg">{{cite web|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2016-05-27/pdf/2016-11867.pdf |title=Federal Register, Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels. FR page 33982|publisher=US Food and Drug Administration|date=27 May 2016}}</ref>
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