ABCDs Of Nutritional Assessment

Question 1

What is Nutritional Status?

Answer 1

Nutritional Status is the condition of a person’s body resulting from the intake and output of nutrients

Question 2

State what the Initials in ABCD of nutritional assessment stand for

Answer 2

A: Anthropometric Measures
B: Biochemical Assessment
C : Clinical Assessment
D : Dietary Analysis

Question 3

What influences the nutritional status of an individual?

Answer 3

The quantity and quality of food intake and the person’s physical health

Question 4

How do you find out the nutritional status of someone?

Answer 4

A nutritional assessment must be conducted by a qualified health professional.

Question 5

What are some popular Anthropometric Measures

Answer 5

Height for age
Weight for age
Weight for height

Question 6

Define the following ABCD of nutritional assessment

• Anthropometric Measures

Answer 6

Anthropometry is the measurement of the human body.

Question 7

What does Anthropometry measures?

Answer 7

Anthropometry measures the height , weight, arm and head circumferences, and skin fold thickness of an individual.

Question 8

What Can Anthropometric Measures Evaluate?

Answer 8

The measurements can evaluate the process of growth and development in babies ,children, pregnant woman, it can also measure changes in body composition over time and it can detect undernutrition and over nutrition in individuals .

Question 9

What are the most widely used anthropometric indicators that are used to measure growth and development in children?

Answer 9

Height for age
Weight for age
Weight for height

Question 10

Explain The following anthropometric Measurement and state what it can indicate

•Height for age

Answer 10

Seeks to find out if individuals are growing normally for their age

This Measure can indicate underweight and stunting. It also indicates the proportion of children in a community with a deficit height for age

Question 11

Explain The following anthropometric Measurement and state what it can indicate

•Weight for age

Answer 11

Seeks to find out how much individuals children weigh compared with the standard weight for their age

This can indicate if children are obese or wasting.

Question 12

Explain The following anthropometric Measurement and state what it can indicate

•Weight for height

Answer 12

Seeks to find out weight relative to height and has the advantage of not requiring age data

It is an indicator of current nutritional status and can be useful for screening children at risk and for measuring short term changes in nutritional status

It can also indicate the degree of wasting or obesity in children

Question 13

What is Body Mass Index (BMI) used for?

Answer 13

Body Mass Index is commonly used to classify underweight, overweight and obesity in adults

Question 14

What is Waist-hip ratio (WHR) Used for?

Answer 14

Waist-hip ratio is used to identify individuals at increased risk from obesity-related illnesses due to accumulation of abdominal fat

Question 15

Define the following ABCD of nutritional assessment

•Biochemical Assessment

Answer 15

Biochemical Assessment involves conducting a number of laboratory tests to find out what is happening in the body internally

Question 16

What are biochemical Assessment common tests based on?

Answer 16

Analysis of blood and urine samples

Question 17

What do the urine samples in biochemical assessment common test contain?

Answer 17

Nutrients, enzymes, and metabolic substances

Question 18

Define the following ABCD of nutritional assessment

•Clinical Assessment

Answer 18

Clinical assessment or physical Examination reveals signs of nutrient deficiency or toxicity.

Question 19

Clinical assessment reveals signs of nutrient deficiency or toxicity.

List some signs .

Answer 19

General appearance of the tongue, eyes, nails, muscle tone, and skin, and checking swollen glands, heart rate, blood pressure, and reflexes.

Question 20

Having your tongue, eyes, mucous membrane, and glands examined are all examples which Nutritional Assessment?

Answer 20

Clinical Assessment

Question 21

Define the following ABCD of nutritional assessment

•Dietary Analysis

Answer 21

Dietary Analysis or assessment is the process of evaluating what people eat by using one or several intakes indicators

Question 22

Which Nutritional Assessment should you use for identifying nutrients that are likely to either be under consumed or over consumed by an individual or a population

Answer 22

Dietary Analysis

Question 23

What are some dietary assessment methods?

Answer 23

1) Noting Diet history
2) 24 hour recall
3) Food Records
4) A food frequency Questionnaire
5) Analysing intake data

Question 24

Explain the dietary Method “24 hour recall”

Answer 24

For the 24 hour recall individuals will be asked to record all the foods making sure to note the quantity that they eat for three days. This will then be analyzed by a dietitian