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• Dietary Reference Intakes for Zinc
• Zinc intake recommendations by age group
• Infants (0–6 months): RDA 2 mg/day*, UL 4 mg/day
• Infants (6–12 months): RDA 3 mg/day, UL 5 mg/day
• Children (1–3 years): RDA 3 mg/day, UL 7 mg/day
• Children (4–8 years): RDA 5 mg/day, UL 12 mg/day
• Children (9–13 years): RDA 8 mg/day, UL 23 mg/day
• Adolescents (14–18 years): RDA 11 mg/day for males and 9 mg/day for females, UL 34 mg/day
• Adults (19+ years): RDA 11 mg/day for males and 8 mg/day for females, UL 40 mg/day
• * denotes Adequate Intake