Abcde of Community Nutritional Assessment

Abstract

Nutritional status of an individual generally depends on two factors; external factors including food safety, cultural, political & socio-economic and internal factors such as sex, age, behavior, physical activity, nutrition and overall health. Nutritional status of a community is the sum total of the nutritional statuses of the individuals residing in that particular community. Nutritional assessment is a detailed investigation ideally by a physician and a dietician to identify and quantify clinically relevant malnutrition. Nutritional management as a result of nutritional screening & assessment effectively reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality among communities. Nutritional screening involves two methods: directly through objective criteria from individuals and indirectly using community health and nutritional indices.

Body Composition Profiles of Applicants to a Physical Education and Sports Major in Southeastern Mexico

“…The assessment of body composition consists on the compartmentalization of the total body mass in different components or models (e.g., two- or four-compartment model). These components suffer changes as a result of growth, development, dietary habits, exercise interventions, and ageing [ 6 ].…”

Development and Validation of Waist Girth-Based Equations to Evaluate Body Composition in Colombian Adults: Rationale and STROBE–Nut-Based Protocol of the F20 Project

“…aspects as fundamental when analyzing an individual. In fact, considering that the nutritional status of an individual is influenced by endogenous and exogenous factors, the ABCDE model is recommended and valid in both community and clinical nutritional practice [ 1 ], as well as at the sports level [ 2 ]. Although obesity is currently defined as a “chronic, progressive, relapsing, and treatable multi-factorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences” [ 3 ], the criteria currently used do not allow for the identification of excess adipose tissue.…”

Estimation of Stature in Adults: Development and Validation of a New Predictive Formula using the Tibiale Mediale-Sphyrion Tibiale Length.

“…Within the A-anthropometry, B-biochemistry, C-clinical, D-dietary intakes, E-environment and evaluation (ABCDE) model for the assessment of NS 6 , there are several calculations that depend on the stature measurement 7 . One of the best known is the body mass index (BMI), which is calculated from body mass (kg) and stature (m).…”

“…Resultados: La ecuación predictiva seleccionada (R 2 =0,851; SEE=4,36 cm) no incluyó la edad, ya que esta no influyó estadísticamente en los resultados: 117,156 - (6,245 x Sexo) + (1,482 x TMST); sexo=0 para los hombres y 1 para las mujeres. Se obtuvo un CCI (95%IC) de 0,851 (0,788, 0,896).…”