DRI Workshop, March 10-11, 2015

Options for Consideration of Chronic Disease Endpoints for Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)

March 10 – 11, 2015
National Institutes of Health
Lister Hill Auditorium
Bethesda, Maryland, USA

Table of Contents

• NIH VideoCast Recording
• Overview
• Key Questions
• Our Sponsors
• Workshop Organizers
• Related DRI Activities

NIH VideoCast Recording

The video recording of the Options for Consideration of Chronic Disease Endpoints for Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) workshop is available on the NIH Past Events website. Below are the direct links to each day of the workshop recording:

• March 10, 2015 -- Day 1 Recording
• March 11, 2015 -- Day 2 Recording

Overview

Meeting Agenda (PDF, 388kB)

The DRI Committees of the U.S. and Canadian governments held this workshop, "Options for Consideration of Chronic Disease Endpoints for Dietary Reference Intakes," on March 10–11, 2015. The objective of the workshop was to critically evaluate key scientific issues involved in using chronic disease endpoints for setting dietary reference intakes and, in this context, to provide information for future decisions as to whether and/or how chronic disease endpoints can be incorporated into the setting of DRI values. Meeting attendees included scientists involved in DRI reviews, individuals from agencies and other groups that sponsor and/or fund DRI reviews, and users of DRIs.

Key Questions

1. What dose-response models can be considered for future DRI reviews when chronic disease endpoints are used?
   1. What are the key scientific issues?
   2. What are the options for addressing these issues?
   3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various options?
2. What are the evidentiary challenges important in selecting and using chronic disease endpoints in future DRI reviews?
   1. What are the key scientific issues?
   2. What are the options for addressing these issues?
   3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various options?
3. What arguments can be made for and against continuing to include chronic disease endpoints in future DRI reviews?
   1. What are the scientific issues?
   2. What are the options for addressing these issues?

Our Sponsors

• U.S. DRI Steering Committee
• Canadian DRI Steering Committee

Workshop Organizers

• Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health
• Bureau of Nutritional Sciences of Health Canada
• Office of Nutrition Policy and Promotion of Health Canada

Related DRI Activities

     For follow-up and related Dietary Reference Intake activities, visit  https://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dri/updates.asp