Question

Teach your classmate about one specific type of nutritional assessment tool

Answer 1

There are various types of nutritional assessment tools for screening of malnutrition. They are I. Details history, ii. Physical examination, iii. Anthropometric measurements, iv. Laboratory findings and biochemical measurements.

I shall describe you about the Anthropometric measurements of nutritional assessment =

Definition = anthropometric measurements are the series of quantitative measurements of muscle, bone and adipose tissue used to monitor the composition of body.

Elements = the core elements of anthropometric measurements are - hight, weight, BMI, head circumference, chest circumference, hip, waist circumference, mid arm circumference, skinfold thickness.

I. Hight = hight is the measurement of the length of the body. It is measured through tep measure, stadiometer, infantometer etc.

ii. Weight = it is the measurement of body weight of the patient. It is measured by weight machine.

iii. BMI = it is the value derived from the mass and height of a person. It is measured by weight respect to hight square.

iv. Head circumference = it is the the measurement of head around largest length. It is basically measured for pediatric clients. It is measured by tep measure.

V. Chest circumference = it is the measurement of chest around the maximum length.

vi. Mid- arm circumference = it is measurement of maximum length around the mid upper arm.

vi. Skin fold measurements = it is the measurement of the fat content of the subcutaneous layer of skin. It is measured by a skinfold clipper.

vii. Hip and west circumference = this is also measured through tep measure.