Question

What is involved in nutrition focused history?

Answer 1

Nutrition focused history mainly consists of..

1.

Type of nutrition pattern either it is vegetarian or nonvegetrian..

2. Time of meals,how many times in a day a person is taking proper meal.

3. What type of food he prefers more,either junk food or healthy food.

4. Socio-economic history must be taken,to know about economic status,so by this we can suggest food according to his economic status,which contains all necessary things for normal growth.

5. BMI should be calculated firstly,it will help us to.make a healthy die for person.

6. Occupation must be asked ,to know about work load or type of work ,it will help us to make.a healthy diet chrt for person.

7. Anthropometric measurement should be done.

8.Proper weight of person according to height and then calculated by using PEM formulas.

9. Patient should be examine for any type of deficiency disorder like anemia,beriberi,scurvy,rickets etc.

So these some points must be involved in nutrition focused physical examination.