Lecture 24 Flashcards
Nutrition assessment in practice
Assessing food Intake (ways of doing this (3))
diet history
food diary
diet apps
Diet history
Recall with variations obtained during consultation
Food diary
Usually 3-5 days where the client records what they eat outside of the consult
Diet apps
Client records what they eat through the app
How do we analyse the data we have once we have gathered food intake from the client
- food works analysis
- qualitative analysis
- diet apps
Foodwords analysis
Time consuming, more detailed but is it it really helpful in the bigger context
Qualitative analysis
Quick and easy, less accurate but gives an overview of the state of a persons diet compared to guidelines
Diet apps
These can be useful for clients after they’ve been to see you and you have put goals in place for them
why is qualitative assessment helpful when assessing a clients diet
often practitioners have limited time so using qualitative assessment is a quick and easy method to compare their intake to guidelines
what is qualitative assessment
using evidence based guidelines to assess and compare the clients diet records
what are the steps of qualitative assessment
- go through the food diary or recall and assess each food item
categorise each food item into food group it best fits
if a food group doesn’t fit, then take a note of it
once you are done add up the marks of each food group to give you servings
compare clients servings to ministry of health
identify nutrients of concern
what else do we need to consider in qualitative analysis
- what extras are there in the diet that might be higher in sodium, saturated fat or refined carbohydrates
- the quality of the grains they are eating? are they wholegrain and high in fibre ?
- vegetables : is there variety, are they starchy/non-starchy variety is important to maximise nutrients
- milk and milk products : low fat varieties and calcium rich
- legumes + protein + nuts and seeds : aim for lean cuts of meat and no more than 500g of cooked read meat per week, limit processed meats
assessing someones energy intake can not be done without …
other assessment data such as height, weight, age etc
What would you use to assess energy intake
an energy equation of the NRV energy requirements for someones age and work out how many Kcal or KJ the person needs per day
how would you usually assess someones energy intake
compare their energy needs (energy calculation or NPV energy requirements) to how much energy they are consuming
