Anthropometry and Nutrition Assessment
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What is the primary purpose of growth assessment?

  • To determine a child's nutritional status
  • To measure vital signs
  • To calculate energy requirements
  • To identify growth problems or trends (correct)

    • What does anthropometry refer to?

  • The process of growth assessment
  • The measurement of vital signs
  • The measurement of the human individual (correct)
  • The calculation of energy requirements

    • What is included in nutritional assessment?

  • Only vital signs and energy requirements
  • Only clinical examination and basic hematological indices
  • Feeding history, clinical examination, anthropometry, and basic hematological and biochemical indices (correct)
  • Only anthropometry and feeding history

    • What is the outcome of growth assessment?

    <p>A determination of whether a child is growing normally or has a growth problem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of growth assessment?

    <p>Multiple measurements of height and/or weight plotted on suitable reference charts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is growth?

    <p>A process of increasing in size</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is assessed in a dietary history of breastfed infants?

    <p>History of breast feeding pattern, positioning, and attachment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in a dietary history of formula-fed infants?

    <p>Quantity and quality of current intake, and how feed is made</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in a dietary history of older children?

    <p>How many meals and snacks per day, and what the child eats at each meal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the corrected age used in premature infants?

    <p>To deduct the number of weeks born early from the actual age</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in a medical history?

    <p>Review of acute and chronic illnesses, and history of preexisting nutrient deficiencies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in a social history?

    <p>Poverty, domestic violence, parental employment, parental marital status, and parental substance abuse</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Anthropometry and Growth Assessment

    • Anthropometry refers to the measurement of the human individual
    • Growth assessment involves measuring height and/or weight, and sometimes more specialized measurements, plotted on suitable reference charts and interpreted appropriately

    Growth Assessment

    • Determines whether a child is growing "normally" or has a growth problem or trend towards a growth problem

    Nutritional Assessment

    • A structured way to establish nutritional status and energy requirements
    • Includes:
      • Feeding history
      • Clinical examination
      • Anthropometry
      • Basic hematological and biochemical indices
    • Provides nutritional status and energy requirements

    Medical and Dietary History

    • Includes:
      • Dietary history (breastfed infants, formula-fed infants, and older children)
      • Review of acute and chronic illnesses
      • History of preexisting nutrient deficiencies
      • Social history (poverty, domestic violence, parental employment, parental marital status, and parental substance abuse)

    Dietary History

    • For breastfed infants:
      • Duration, positioning, and attachment
      • Exclusive vs predominant vs mixed feeding
      • Supplementary bottles, other foods
      • Formula preparation and volume consumed
    • For formula-fed infants:
      • Quantity and quality of current intake
      • How feed is made
      • Feeding techniques
    • For older children:
      • Number of meals and snacks per day
      • What the child eats at each meal
      • Appetite
      • Milk/juice consumption
      • 24-hour dietary recall

    Anthropometric Parameters

    • For premature infants up to 2 years of age:
      • Corrected age is derived by deducting the number of weeks born early from the actual (chronological) age for plotting on growth charts
    • Head circumference is a routine measurement

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    This quiz covers the basics of anthropometry, nutrition, and growth assessment, including how to assess nutrition in children and obtain and interpret anthropometric measures.

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