15. Nutrition advise

Question 1

Assessment of nutritional status - Adults

Answer 1

1. Body Mass Index (BMI)
   Weight (kg) / Height2 (cm)
   *BMI alone is insufficient to guide clinical decision making
2. Waist Circumference (WC)
   Provides an independent prediction of risk beyond that of BMI alone.
   Increased risk of metabolic complications: men > 102 cm, women > 88 cm
3. Waist-Hip Ratio (WHR)
   Measure of abdominal obesity.
   Increased risk of metabolic complications: men 􀑈 0.90, women 􀑈􀀃􀏬􀍘85.
4. Skinfold caliper
   Assessment of body fat in adults and children.
   Triceps skinfold, bicep skinfold, subcapsular skinfold, suprailic skinfold.
5. EOSS staging tool
   Edmonton obesity staging system (stage 0 to stage 4).
   Considers metabolic parameters, physical parameters, psychological parameters, comorbidities, and
   hospital admissions in order to determine the optimal obesity treatment.