Module 7 Pt.3:Nutritonal Assessment Flashcards
What is nutritional status
Degree of balance between nutritional intake and nutritional requirements.
What does nutritional status depend on
- Genetic predisposition
- Income
- education
- physical and social environment
- nutritional literacy
- Acces to protective foods
What is undernutrition
- Nutrient reserves become depleted/inadequate intake
- Impaired growth, lowered resistance
- delayed wound healing
What is over nutrition
- Excess of requirements
- Can cause: Diabetes type 2, heart disease, hypertension, stroke, gallbladder, sleep apnea and cancer
What are the developmental considerations for an infant
- birth to 4mo is rapid growth
- beast feed for first 6 months of life
- need vitamin D
What are the developmental considerations for adolescence
Rapid physical growth and hormones
What are the developmental considerations for Pregnancy
- Need calories, proteins, vitamins, minerals,
- need folic acid
What are the developmental considerations for adulthood
Growth and nutritional requirements stabilized
What are the developmental considerations for older adults
Poor physical or mental health. Isolation, alcoholism, poverty, mobility issues
-need vitamin D so don’t develop osteoporosis
Who is likely to have food insecurity
- Related to income: Aboriginal or ppl in rural communities.
- Lower socioeconomic status
- occupation, religion, gender, health awareness and socioeconomic status , immigration status
What 5 elements does canadas food guide contain
1) Produce
2) Grain product
3) Milk and alternative
4) Meat and alternative
5) Oil and fats
What is a nutritional assessment
- Method of collecting and evaluating data to make decisions about a nutrition based concern or diagnosis
- assessment data is compared to evidence-informed standards for evaluation
- provides the framework for monitoring and evaluation
What subjective questions are in a nutritional assessment
- Med history
- Symptoms
- Dietary intake
- Psychosocial, behavioural, functional factors
- Knowledge
- Readiness for potential change
What is the purpose of a nutritional assessment
- to identify the individual nutrient requirements
- provide information for designing a nutritional plan of care that will optimize nutrients and meet individual nutrition requirements
- establish a baseline data for evaluating the efficacy of nutritional care
What happens in nutritional screening (the 1st step)
- identify those at risk
- weight + weight history
- diet info
- medical history
- routine lab data
- malnutrition screening tool
Ways to gather diet history
24hr recall(most common), food frequency questionnaire, food diary, and direct observation
What are the problems with the 24hr recall method of diet history
- Might not remember
- this day may be atypical
- might alter the truth
- snacks, condiments go unreported
What is the food frequency questionaire
you ask someone about specific foods and then how many times per week month ect. that they eat them
What are the problems with a food diary way of collecting diet history
- 3 days
- non compliance
- inaccurate
- atypical days
- concious alteration of diet
What is the direct observation way of collecting diet history
-It detects more accurately
What us a dietary reference intake
4 nutrient based reference values used to assess and plan diets of healthy individuals. Designed for health maintenance, not restorative
What are the 15 subjective subheadings for a comprehensive nutritional assessment
1) Positive self management behaviours- Exercise, self monitoring of glucose and nutrition label reading
2) eating patterns
3) usual weight, or recent changes
4) Changes in appetite, taste, smell, chew or swallow
5) Chronic conditions
6) Nausea, vomit, diarrhea, constipation
7) Recent surgery, trauma, burns, infection
8) Food allergies, intolerances
9) Medications, nutritional supplements
10) Alchohol or drug use
11) Exercise and activity patterns
12) family history
13) Psychological symptoms
14) Physical impairments that limit ability to independently consume foods or liquids
Additional info to collect for infants and children
- Generally obtained through the parent or guardian
- Ask the parents to do a 24hr recall
- ask about:
- Gestational nutrition *Birthweight, Compications, maternal weight gain
- Infant and child nutrition
Additional info to collect for adolescence
1) Weight -how they feel about it
2) Use of anabolic steroids -or other agents to improve physical performance
3) Snacks
4) Age of menstuation
Additional info for pregnant women
- Any cravings
- how many times they’ve been pregnant