ABCDs of Nutritional Assessment

You can base your course project on information about a “real live” person, a totally fictitious person or a combination of the two. Perhaps you could use a friend, family member or yourself to develop the case project! Select and research a nutrition related disease that you are interested in such as obesity, Diabetes, Cancer, HTN, Heart Disease, Anemia, Celiac Disease as examples. The disease/condition must have nutrition as a interventional therapy for the short-term (less than 1 year) and long-term (greater than 1 year) of your client. Then develop the ABCD’s of nutrition assessment for this person with your selected disease as well as information on appropriate medications and possible interactions. NOTE: you may not use nutrition during pregnancy or any condition/situation that may be related to pregnancy including conditions such as Gestational Diabetes, hypothyroidism, anemia or pre-eclampsia, etc. If you are in doubt, email me to find out! These situations will not meet the guidelines for having a short-term and long-term nutrition intervention and/or goals for a client. Make sure to address all key areas per the assignment grading rubric: Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Selected and discussed a disease or medical condition that could possibly, or commonly, affect the individual. Created a realistic case study using the ABCDs of nutritional assessment. Included information about anthropometrics, relevant biochemical tests, clinical assessment, and dietary intake analysis (i.e. Nutrition Assessment).. Included a list of common medications that may be used to treat the patient's condition. Identified and discussed potential herb/nutrient-drug interactions that may be relevant. Identified the client's cultural background and gave clues as to his or her socioeconomic status and psychosocial variables. Written components. Following are questions to guide you in developing the information you present in the course project part 1: How does one’s culture, socioeconomic status and psychosocial variables impact the food choices? Include information such as age, gender, ethnicity, work status, marital status, personal relationships, living situation, etc. How do these factors impact the nutritional status? What are common medications that might be used with your selected disease? How do these medications work? What are the nutrient/drug/supplement interactions that are common and/or to be aware of with the case study you are developing? What tools (lab values, anthropometrics, etc.) would be used to address the nutritional status of your project subject? What are the actual numbers/results for your case study? What is the “normal” for each lab value? What might cause the lab value to be abnormal? What are common tests that would be completed for the diagnosis? What are the results of these tests for the case study? What is the height and weight of the test subject? What is their BMI? Has there been recent weight loss/gain? What are physical appearances of the individual that might be related to the diagnosis? Give an example of a food intake, food recall, diet record, or information about what they normally eat. You will want to follow APA formatting for this project. Some key features to remember are: Inclusion of title page-Title of paper, your name, Inclusion of reference page with references alphabetized Double spaced Properly documenting in-text citations Indented paragraphs-1/2 inch Font size/type-12 Times New Roman Third person Margins-1 inch all around Your similarity score should be no greater than 20% per the Turnitin report. Here are tips to ensure that you have a low similarity score: Don't include assignment directions and/or questions. Don't copy/paste information from the Internet, other student's papers, or other sources of information Don't use directly quoted material from outside sources; read and state these ideas in your own words