Aspects of nutritional risk assessment

In this study are presented results of long term development dynamics of the nutritive situation of the population of Slovak Republic (SR). On the basis of calculated percentage of Recommended Dietary Allowances ( RDA ) fulfilment and recommended amount of food consumption of average consumer of SR, is expressed the nutrition standard and at the same time also the possible risks of health treat, which resulted from the long term development (more than 40 years) of the given state for the population. Nutritive data in this study are compared with the results of representative groups of two nation wide epidemiological studies of nutrition (totally examined more than 40 thousand people) from the point of view of assessing the impact of consumption on the situation of nutritive development and expansion of selected non-infectious diseases with massive occurrence. Also are presented methodical schema of determining key indicator values of “Tolerable Upper Intake level” (UL) of nutrients which we presented as the review of international literatures. For the absence of local data these are used in practise in Slovakia. For evaluation of the possible risk of energy and macro nutrients uptake is used the relevant bases of RDA representing the respective standards of nutrition and possible dietary risk for the population. For its unavailability, prospectively it will be necessary to workout an international standard for UL and also indicators for macronutrients and their structural composition.SK; sk; efsa.focalpoint@land.gov.s