NUTRITN 580 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Body Mass Index, Lean Body Mass, Anticoagulant
15 Jan 2017
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Nutrition screening: main purpose is to quickly identify persons who are malnourished or who are at nutritional risk & determine whether a more detailed assessment is needed. Can be completed by dtr, rn, md or other qualified healthcare provider. Assessment form: helps remember information: chewing/swallowing problems, loss of appetite, hospital stays, over 65 all increase risk of malnourishment, meeting 2 categories in criteria distinguishes someone at risk. Nutrition assessment: a systematic process of obtaining, verifying, and interpreting data to make decisions about the nature and cause of nutrition related problems. Main purpose: to obtain sufficient information to identify nutrition-related problems. A comprehensive approach completed by a registered dietitian. Defines nutritional status using: medical, social, nutritional & medication history, physical examination (pe, anthropometrics, laboratory data. Components of nutritional assessment: anthropometric data: height, weight, circumferences, biochemical data: iron, zinc, vitamins in blood, clinical evaluation: physical looking at patients, dietary habits: 24-hour recall, ffq, medical, social, and medication histories.
