This text describes the four major methods of nutritional assessment (dietary, anthropometric, biometric, and clinical) in an understandable and contemporary way. It thoroughly covers assessment of the hospitalized individual, but also serves as an invaluable resource to the nutrition professional working in such areas as public health and community nutrition, corporate health, and sports medicine.

1 Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

2 Standards for Nutrient Intake

3 Measuring Diet

4 National Dietary and Nutrition Surveys

5 Computerized Dietary Analysis Systems

6 Anthropometry

7 Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient

8 Nutritional Assessment in Disease Prevention

9 Biochemical Assessment of Nutritional Status

10 Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status

11 Counseling Theory and Technique

Appendix A – Nutrition Assessment and Monitoring and Evaluation Terminology

Appendix B – Nutrition Diagnostic Terminology

Appendix C – Nutrition Intervention Terminology

Appendix D – Food Record Recording Form

Appendix E – Fruit and Vegetable Screener Developed by the U.S. National Cancer Institute

Appendix F – MEDFICTS Dietary Assessment Questionnaire

Appendix G - The National Institute of Health’s The Diet History Questionnaire II

Appendix H - The NHANES Food Frequency Questionnaire

Appendix I – 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Questionnaire

Appendix J - Suppliers of Nutritional Assessment Equipment

Appendix K - CDC Clinical Growth Charts

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