Activity 1
DEFINITION OF TERMS RELEVANT TO NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
Name: Mary Elaine San Juan
Course, Year and Section: BSND 2
Class Schedule: M 7:00am-9:00am
Date of Submission: 08-21-2021
Work Exercise No. 1. Instruction: Fill up the table by providing definition to each term.
Terminologies Definition
Nutritional status is the condition of the body resulting from
the nutrient content of the food we eat in relation to our
nutritional needs, and from the ability of our bodies to digest,
absorb and use those nutrients.
Nutritional assessment is a comprehensive evaluation done
to define a person's nutrition status. It is the measurements
Nutritional Assessment and collecting information about a client’s medical history,
clinical and biochemical characteristics, dietary practices,
current treatment, and food security situation.
A survey is a method for collecting information directly from
Nutrition surveys people.
Nutrition surveillance is a system established to continuously
monitor the dietary intake and nutritional status of a
Nutrition surveillance population or selected population groups using a variety of
data collection methods whose ultimate goal is to lead to
policy formulation and action planning.
It is the process of identifying patients, clients, or groups
who may have a nutritional diagnosis and benefit from
Nutrition screening
nutrition assessment and intervention by a registered
dietitian.
It is defined as purposefully planned actions intended to
positively change a nutrition- related behavior,
Nutrition intervention
environmental condition, or aspect of health status for an
individual, target group, or the community at large.
Anthropometric measurements are a series of quantitative
measurements of the muscle, bone, and adipose tissue used
Anthropometric Assessment to assess the composition of the body. The core elements of
anthropometry are height, weight, body mass index (BMI),
body circumferences and skinfold thickness.
It is an essential component of the assessment and
management of all patients receiving nutrition support. The
Biochemical Assessment
assessment of biochemical parameters is part of a series of
investigations used in the assessment of nutritional status.
It is the collecting of information and drawing conclusions
Clinical assessment through the use of observation, psychological tests,
neurological tests, and interviews.
It is an estimation of food and nutrients eaten over a
Dietary assessment particular time point.
Ecological Assessment It focuses on processes such as recruitment and population
connectivity using a combination of time series data for
associated status indicators such as species abundance and
direct process indicators such as genotype matching for
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population connectivity.
A community assessment may be limited to a compilation of
demographic data from census records, results of surveys
Community Assessment
conducted by others, and informal feedback from community
partners.
Work Exercise No. 2. Instruction: Fill up the table with an answer by supplying the uses of each
forms in NA system and categorized each forms according to method of assessment. For
Methods of NA column just write DM for Direct Method and IM for Indirect method, and B if
both method is applicable
Forms of NA System Uses Methods of NA
Nutrition surveys assist in the planning and B
implementation of projects by providing
1. Nutritional Survey objective data that can be used to improve
the nutritional situation.
It is used to continuously monitor the dietary IM
2. Nutritional intake and nutritional status of a population .
Surveillance
It is used to detect patients at risk of DM
3. Nutrition malnutrition and hence refer to the dietitian
Screening for detailed nutritional assessment and
provision of nutritional support.
It is used to resolve a problem by altering or B
4. Nutrition eliminating the root cause of the nutrition
Intervention diagnosis, also known as the etiology.
Work Exercise No. 3. Instructions: After reading the Purpose of Nutritional Assessment and The
Pathogenesis of Development of Nutritional Deficiency. Answer the following questions below.
1. In your own words elaborate further the 3 purpose of nutritional assessment.
For me, Nutritional assessment is important as it helps our community to keep on running
and lessen the risk of spreading or worsen the disease. Its purpose is to define a patient’s
nutritional status, to define clinically relevant malnutrition, and to monitor changes in
nutritional status.
2. Explain the Pathogenesis of the development of Nutritional deficiency.
Nutritional deficiencies can be very significant to the overall health of infants and
children because growth and development can be seriously hindered by shortages in
essential vitamins or nutrients. The two most common are iron and vitamin D deficiency.
With all the different kind of diseases and other ailments that is being labeled, nutritional
deficiency must be properly assess before declaring it. The Nutritional deficiency should
be possible to demonstrate the existence of a deficiency of the nutrient by conducting a
test or see if the symptoms are aligned to the deficiency. It should also be cured by
replacement of the deficient nutrient.
CONCLUSIONS:
The nutritional assessment is necessary to the community, from new born babies to
adults. Our body requires a certain amount of nutrition to do its function. With this,
proper health assessments are required to monitor our body’s condition. Nutritionist and
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dietitians and other healthcare workers are the one who does this jobs. Assessments must
be done properly to ensure what disease or what nutrient is deficient in our body. When
this are done properly, the treatments will be effective. Also if the assessments are being
conducted, the risk of having a diseases and death rates would be lesser . The health of
our community should be taken cared of to have a successful country.
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