Evaluate an individual nutritional status

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Evaluate an individual's nutritional status using appropriate clinical assessment strategies and interpret food science information appropriate to consumer needs.

You need to complete the following:

Create a case study individual who is among your chosen study population. Include the individual's age, race, height, weight, BMI, and demographics.
Describe what a typical day's worth of meals and snacks for this individual would include (what they actually eat before they have had any nutrition counseling).
Indicate and describe in detail what nutrition assessment tools you would use to evaluate the overall health and nutritional health of the case study individual.

Source: Dietary Guidance and Dietary Assessment Tools: United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved from

https://fnic.nal.usda.gov/nal_display/index.php?info_center=4&tax_level=2&tax_subject=256&topic_id=1325

This website provides a variety of tools related to dietary assessment, including calorie calculators and the Natl Cancer Institute Diet History Questionnaire. Also find a link to the Dietary Assessment Calibration/Validation Register, a registry of validation studies and publications.

Source: Body Mass Index: Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved from

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/assessing/bmi/

This website discusses Body Mass Index, how it is calculated, and how it is assessed.

Source: Waist Circumference: NHLBI Classification on Overweight and Obesity. Retrieved from

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmi_dis.htm

This website discusses Waist Circumference, how it is calculated, and how it is assessed.

Source: CDC Natll Report on Biochemical Indicators of Diet and Nutrition in the U.S. Population; Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved from

https://www.cdc.gov/nutritionreport/

This report gives a detailed biochemical assessment of nutrition status covering 58 biochemical indicators.

Source: Dietary Assessment: U.S. Dpt of Agriculture. Retrieved from

https://fnic.nal.usda.gov/dietary-guidance/dietary-assessment

This website offers a variety of nutrition assessment tools.

Reference no: EM131316954

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