Chapter 12: Client Assessment and Goal Setting Flashcards
Assessments
The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of an individual.
Personal assessment
A client’s demographic information and answers to general questions about their initial goals and how they heard about the nutrition professional.
Physical assessment
Data like weight, height, age, measurements, and body fat percentages when possible.
Health assessment
Current and past health history via a questionnaire
Physical activity assessment
Information regarding the level of physical activity the client is currently doing and also how often they are doing it.
Photographic assessment
Photos of the client to closer track progress.
Behavioral assessment
Food diaries tracking a minimum of three days to get a big picture of the client’s eating and snacking behaviors.
Psychological assessment
The stages of change and levels of motivation a client has as they begin and progress through their process.
Personal assessments
The collection of demographic and initial data from a client.
Physical assessments
Objective data about the client’s physical status.
Objective data
Data collected through observations and actual data, not opinions.
Objective data assessments to use
Weight, height, body comp, circumference measures, skinfold measures.
Pros for assessment of weight
Easy measure to collect
Pros for assessment of height
Most clients will know their height; it is helpful in body composition calculation
Pros for assessment of Body composition
Gives details on body mass and fat mass
Pros for assessment of Circumference measurement
Helpful for body composition calculation, easy to track changes
