Table 3.
Recommended micronutrient intakes.
| Age groups (years) | Recommended safe level of intake |
Estimates of daily RNI for planning daily rations |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron based on bioavailability mg/daya | Iodine μg/dayb | Vitamin A μg RE/dayc | Iron mg | Iodine μg | Vitamin A μg RE | ||
| Low | Very low | ||||||
| Pre-primary | |||||||
| 1–3 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 90 | 400 | 12 (6) | 90 | 450 |
| 4–6 | 6.3 | 12.6 | 90 | 450 | |||
| Primary | |||||||
| 7–10 | 8.9 | 18.8 | 120 | 500 | 17.8 (9) | 120 | 500 |
| Lower secondary | |||||||
| 10–18 | |||||||
| Females: 11–14 | 14 | 28 | 150 | 600 | 29 (15) | 150 | 600 |
| Males: 11–14 | 14.6 | 29.2 | |||||
Age groups.
aIron: “Recommended Iron Intake (mean + 2 SD) for diets of different bioavailability” based on UNICEF/UNU/WHO (2001) (33).
bIodine: “Daily Iodine Requirement” based on WHO (2001b) Assessment of the iodine deficiency disorders and monitoring their elimination. Geneva, World Health Organization (31).
cVitamin A: “Recommended Safe Intake” based on FAO/WHO (2001a) Human Vitamin and Mineral Requirements, Report of a joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation Bangkok, Thailand. (32)
Source: FAO/WHO/UNU, 2001 (33).