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Nutritional Analysis & Assessment

Nutritional Analysis & Assessment. Unit 1: Introduction to Nutritional Assessment. Jennifer Neily, MS, RD, CSSD, LD. Welcome and Introduction. What are you studying? How many terms have you been at Kaplan? When is your ETtG? What do you want to do after graduation?.

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Nutritional Analysis & Assessment

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  1. Nutritional Analysis & Assessment Unit 1: Introduction to Nutritional Assessment Jennifer Neily, MS, RD, CSSD, LD

  2. Welcome and Introduction • What are you studying? • How many terms have you been at Kaplan? • When is your ETtG? • What do you want to do after graduation?

  3. NS 210 Course Syllabus Review • Course Description • This course includes the study of methods and equipment used for nutritional analysis in health, obesity, and malnutrition. Students learn how to utilize the software-based and manual data-gathering systems to assess nutritional status.

  4. Course Syllabus Review Continued • Course Outcomes • Upon successfully completing this course, you will be able to: • List the equipment used to assess markers for obesity and malnutrition. • Critically appraise various methodologies and equipment used for nutritional analysis. • Assess the nutritional status of individuals.

  5. Course Syllabus Review cont. • Seminar times: • Thursday: 9-10pm EST • Monday: 9-10pm EST • Your scheduled time is: _____ • But you may attend either. • Email: jneily@kaplan.edu • AIM: JenniferNeilyRD • If you are not an AIM member you can download the free software at: www.aim.aol.com

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  7. Course Syllabus Review Cont. • E-text • Instructors Grading Criteria/Timetable • Late Policy • How to Label your Work • Projects • username-project-unit#.doc. • Allen-Anatomical Terminology-Unit 3.doc. • Seminars • username-seminar-unit#.doc • TAllen-Seminar-Unit 3.doc

  8. Nutrition Assessment • Malnutrition develops when people get too little, too much or an imbalance of energy or nutrients. • 4 Nutritional Assessment Methods include: • Anthropometrics • Biochemical • Clinical • Dietary

  9. 4 of Top 10 Leading Causes of Death Nutrition Related

  10. Nutritional Screening and Nutritional Assessment • Nutritional Screening • the process of identifying characteristics know to be associated with nutrition problems. • Nutrition Assessment is the first of four steps in the Nutrition Care Process.

  11. Nutrition Assessment Methods • Anthropometrics • The objective measurements of body muscle and fat • Biochemical/Laboratory • Tests based on blood and urine- can be important indicators of nutritional status • Influenced by other nutritional factors as well

  12. Nutrition Assessment Methods • Clinical Data • Information about the individuals medical history – acute and chronic illness, etc. • Physical exam. Eyes, skin, hair, muscle wasting, edema, etc. • Dietary Methods • 24 Hour recall • Food frequency questionnaire

  13. Joe B. • Why it’s important to look at the total picture. • A • B • C • D

  14. Healthy People 2010 (2020) • A national public health initiative under the jurisdiction of the US Dept of Health and Human Services that identifies the most significant preventable threats to health and focuses efforts toward eliminating them.

  15. Healthy People 2010 • Increase proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight • Reduce the proportion of adults who are obese • Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese • Reduce growth retardation among low-income children under age 5 • Increase the proportion of persons aged 2 years and older who consume at least 2 daily servings of fruit

  16. Healthy People 2020 http://www.healthypeople.gov/hp2020/default.asp

  17. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) • PEM • An excessive loss of lean body mass resulting from inadequate consumption of energy and/or protein or resulting from the increased energy and nutrient requirements of certain diseases

  18. Nutritional Assessment and Diabetes • Goals for persons with diabetes are based on: • Dietary history • Nutrient intake • Clinical data

  19. Heart Disease Nutritional Assessment: Heart Disease and Cancer • Diabetes • Cholesterol • Male sex • Abdominal obesity • Cigarette smoking • Advancing age • Overweight and obesity

  20. Review of Unit 1: Introduction to Nutritional Assessment • Nutritional assessment is central to monitoring and improving nutritional status • Nutritional assessment is an attempt to evaluate the nutritional status of individuals

  21. Dietary Standards • Common standards for evaluating nutrient intake • Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) • Dietary Guidelines for Americans • Regulations governing the nutritional labeling of food • The MyPyramid Food Guidance System

  22. History of Dietary Standards • Advances in metabolism, vitamin and mineral research during the early twentieth century led to the establishment of human nutrient requirements. • One of the first Standards were the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDAs) • RDA does have limitations

  23. Due This Week • Introduce Yourself • Weekly Discussion Board • Unit 1 Quiz

  24. See you on the DB!

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