ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS

1. ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS DR / Mervatsalah

3. DIETARY ASSESSMENT • Nutritional History This is generally collected during the medical history of the patients • 1-Have you gained or lost more than 10 kg over the last year? (Intentional or unintentional) • 2- How many meals do you eat a day? How many snacks?

4. 3-Have you in the past or are you currently following any special diet? If yes ,which and why? 4- Are there any foods or groups of foods that you dislike, avoid or are allergic to? 5- Are you taking any vitamin or minerals supplements or dietary supplements (herbals / food replacement products)? If yes, which ones and why?

5. DIETARY ASSESSMENT • Nutritional intake of humans is assessed by five different methods. These are: • 24 hours dietary recall • Food frequency questionnaire • Dietary history since early life • Food dairy technique • Observed food consumption

6. 24 Hours Dietary Recall • A trained interviewer asks the subject to recall all food & drink taken in the previous 24 hours. • It is quick, easy, & depends on short-term memory, but may not be truly representative of the person’s usual intake

8. The interviewer must be follows many steps to confirm the data: - Quick list using any recall strategy. - Forgotten foods (i.e. sweets, snacks, beverage, etc). - Time and occasion ,the subject answers standardized questions about pertaining to each food and classifies food portion size according to household measures or geometric shapes . -The final review probe to try and get any additional food items consumed recorded as part of recall

9. Assignment

10. Recommended text book Krauses Food &Nutrition Therapy