Skip to main content
Nutritional Assessment

ISBN10: 0078021405 | ISBN13: 9780078021404

Nutritional Assessment
ISBN10: 0078021405
ISBN13: 9780078021404
By David Nieman

* The estimated amount of time this product will be on the market is based on a number of factors, including faculty input to instructional design and the prior revision cycle and updates to academic research-which typically results in a revision cycle ranging from every two to four years for this product. Pricing subject to change at any time.

Instructor Information

Quick Actions (Only for Validated Instructor Accounts):

This text describes the four major methods of nutritional assessment (dietary, anthropometric, biometric, and clinical) in an understandable and contemporary way. It thoroughly covers assessment of the hospitalized individual, but also serves as an invaluable resource to the nutrition professional working in such areas as public health and community nutrition, corporate health, and sports medicine.

1 Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

2 Standards for Nutrient Intake

3 Measuring Diet

4 National Dietary and Nutrition Surveys

5 Computerized Dietary Analysis Systems

6 Anthropometry

7 Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient

8 Nutritional Assessment in Disease Prevention

9 Biochemical Assessment of Nutritional Status

10 Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status

11 Counseling Theory and Technique

Appendix A – Nutrition Assessment and Monitoring and Evaluation Terminology

Appendix B – Nutrition Diagnostic Terminology

Appendix C – Nutrition Intervention Terminology

Appendix D – Food Record Recording Form

Appendix E – Fruit and Vegetable Screener Developed by the U.S. National Cancer Institute

Appendix F – MEDFICTS Dietary Assessment Questionnaire

Appendix G - The National Institute of Health’s The Diet History Questionnaire II

Appendix H - The NHANES Food Frequency Questionnaire

Appendix I – 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Questionnaire

Appendix J - Suppliers of Nutritional Assessment Equipment

Appendix K - CDC Clinical Growth Charts

About the Author

David Nieman

David Nieman is a professor of health and exercise science, and director of the Human Performance Lab at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. His research focus during the past twenty years has been exercise immunology, with a secondary emphasis on sports nutrition, obesity, aging, and nutritional assessment. Dr. Nieman has more than 200 peer-reviewed publications in journals and books and is a member of eight journal editorial boards including his role as a section editor for Mosby’s YearBook of Sports Medicine. He is the author of nine books on exercise, nutrition, and health. Dr. Nieman sits on the medical advisory board for the Bally Total Fitness Corporation, served two terms as president of the International Society of Exercise and Immunology, and was elected as a basic and applied science trustee for the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Nieman has run 58 marathons and ultramarathons, and was an acrobatic gymnast and coach for 10 years. His marathon PR is 2:37, and he has run the Pikes Peak Marathon twice, with a 16th place finish.

Need support?   We're here to help - Get real-world support and resources every step of the way.

Top