NSD 481 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Glycated Hemoglobin, Reverse Dns Lookup, Team Ldlc.Com
10 Oct 2016
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Use to calculate bmi (adults) or plot on growth charts (infants, children, teens) Good indicator of abdominal fat; correlates with risk of chronic diseases in adults. Bed scale for adults (includes everything in bed) waist circumference largest part around someone"s belly (around where belly button is) Estimate energy expenditure body composition lean vs fat in body. Biochemical tests, medical tests and procedures (3rd component of nutrition assessment) 130/155 x 100=__84___% of his usual body weight. 16% weight loss in the past 6 months (malnutrition category) unintended weight loss. Measurement of a nutrient or its metabolites in body fluids. There is no single test for nutrition status! Examples of disease-specific lab tests that may be useful in nutrition assessment. Hemoglobin (hgb), hematocrit (hct), rbc count, mcv, mch, assays for iron, folate, vitamin. Prediabetes & gestational diabetes oral glucose tolerance test (ogtt) Cautions in using biochemical tests for nutrition assessment.
