NUTR 313 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Dietitian, Environmental Impact Assessment, Skin Fold
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To find out how nutritionally fit you are, a nutritional assessment needs to be performed, generally by a physician, often with the aid of a registered dietitian. Family health plays an important role and must be carefully recorded and critically analyzed. 4 nutritional-assessment categories in addition to background factors. Anthropometric: measurements of heigh, weight (and chances), skin fold thicknesses, and body circumference. Biochemical assessment: concentrations of nutrients and by products in the blood, urine, and feces, and of specific blood enzyme activities. Clinical assessment: a professional searches for physical evidence (e. g. high blood pressure) of diet-related diseases or deficiencies. Dietary assessment: close look at the persons" diet, including a record of previous day"s food intake. Environmental assessment: (from the background analysis) further details about the living conditions, education level, and ability to purchase and prepare foods. A long time may pass between the initial development of poor nutritional health and the first clinical evidence of a problem.
