Office assessment of nutritional status.
The standard components of nutritional assessment-anthropometry, clinical examination, dietary intake, and biochemical analysis--have been discussed in the context of "office or clinic practice." With appropriate modifications of these tehcniques, nutritional assessment can become a basic and integral part of pediatric care.
D000293:Adolescent; D000886:Anthropometry / Q000379:methods*; D001132:Arm; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires