Nutritional Assessment
Objectives
a) To provide expertise to assess the nutritional status of individuals and populations;
b) To develop planning capabilities, implementation and evaluation of nutritional assessment programs;
c) Develop technical skills in the application of methods to assess food intake, anthropometric and implementing change screening tools of nutritional status;
d) To develop analytical skills and interpretation of date obtained by the methodologies and identification of intervention solutions.
General characterization
Code
41031
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
Prof. Doutor Júlio César Leite da Fonseca Rocha
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Bibliography
Gibson RS. Principles of Nutritional Assessment. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press. New York 2005.
Wallach J. Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests. 8th Edition.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Philadelphia 2007.
Heymsfield SB, Lohman TG, Wang Z, Going SB. Human Body Composition. 2nd Edition.
Human Kinetics Books. Champaign 2005.
Frisancho A. Roberto; Anthropometric standards. ISBN: 978-0-472-11591-4
Heymsfield Steven B. 340; Human body composition. ISBN: 0-7360-4655-0
Arthur D. Stewart 070; International standards for anthropometric assessment.
Lee Robert D.; Nutritional assessment. ISBN: 978-007-132636-0
European Food Safety Authority; Gerneral principles for the collection of national food consumption data in the view of a pan-European dietary survey. EFSA Journal 2009; 7(12):1435., 2009
Nancy Munoz and Melissa Bernstein. Nutrition Assessment: Clinical and Research Applications. 1st Edition. Jones & Bartlett Learning (2018). ISBN-10: 1284127664
Teaching method
The course is organized in lectures and practical classes: 1 weekly lecture for all students with a duration of 50 min each; 1 practical class per week of 2 hrs, in classes with a maximum of 15 students.
Evaluation method
The evaluation has a practical component and a final exam. The assessment of the practicals is continuous, corresponds to 20% of the final grade, and considers the following criteria: performance and attendance of students; anthropometry training; presentation and discussion of clinical cases; attitude and knowledge demonstrated by the students; and one practical test. The final exam is 80% of the final grade and is covers all the theoretical and practical topics taught. The presence in the examination is conditional to attendance to at least 2/3 of the practical classes and a practical grade of at least 9.5.
Subject matter
1. Basic Concepts in Nutritional Assessment
2. Diagnosis of malnutrition - screening and nutritional assessment
3. Epidemiology of malnutrition
4. Physical Exam: Nutritional Semiology
5. Subjective Global Assessment
6. Biochemistry Evaluation
7. Assessment of Food Intake - National Level, Family Level, Individual Level
8. Assessment of Body Composition
8.1. Anthropometry
8.2. Evaluation and estimation: Weight, Height, Circumferences, Skin folds
8.3. Growth charts and cutoff points
8.4. Theory and Methods of Body Composition