Describe the 4 methods of nutritional assessment.
Historical - obtain information about a person's history with respect to health status, socioeconomic status, drug use and diet. This reflects a person's medical record and may reveal a disease that interferes with person's ability to eat or the body's use of nutrients.
Anthropometric Measurements - Measures of height and weigh. The assesor compares a persons measurements with standard specific for gender/age or with previous measurements on the same individual.
Physical Examinations - Exam looking for clues to poor nutrition status. Visual inspection of hair, eyes, skin, posture, tongue and fingernails provide such clues. Information gathered from an interview can help identify symptoms.
Laboratory Tests - Detect developing deficiency, imbalance, or toxicity is to take samples of blood/urine, analyze them in the lab and compare results with normal values for a similar population.
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