Jack is a college athlete who requires 2,800 kilocalories a day to support his total energy needs. Even though Jack likes many different foods and makes it a point to try new things, he only consumes approximately 1,600 kilocalories a day. Which one of the characteristics of a healthy diet is Jack missing?
Adequate or sufficient consumption of essential nutrients which is required in fulfilling nutritional requirements is known to be adequacy [ nutritional ].
The mean adequacy ratio [MAR] can be calculated as follows
