Lecture 24 - Nutrition Assessment in Practice Flashcards
ways of assessing food intake in nutritional assessment in practice
- diet history
- food diary (usually 3-5 days)
- diet apps
how do we analyse the data we have once we have gathered food intake from the client
- food works analysis
- qualitative analysis
- diet apps
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 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
- 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
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
what can be used to asses which foods contain what nutrients
food composition tables
nutrient reference values
also think about AMDPs
Eating and Activity Guidelines Table
