Sentences with phrase «zinc intakes below»

Data from NHANES III indicate that adults aged 60 years or older from food - insufficient families had lower intakes of zinc and several other nutrients and were more likely to have zinc intakes below 50 % of the RDA on a given day than those from food - sufficient families [23].

An analysis of NHANES III data found that 35 % — 45 % of adults aged 60 years or older had zinc intakes below the estimated average requirement of 6.8 mg / day for elderly females and 9.4 mg / day for elderly males.