BACKGROUND Early detection of changes in nutritional status is important for a better approach to the surgical patient. There are several nutritional measures in clinical practice, but there is not a complete method for determining the nutritional status, so, health professionals should only choose the best method to use. AIM To evaluate the total lymphocyte count and albumin as predictors of...

Quality of school meals is one of the major concerns of governments and international organizations worldwide. This study aims to evaluate nutritional compliance of meals served at a Portuguese primary school considering the portions stated by Portuguese Education Ministry. To evaluate adequacy of portions served, weighing of all meal components offered to students and leftovers was performed d...

Patient satisfaction with menu items enhances intake and adequate intake of nutrients contained within hospital menus is required for recovery. A survey of foodservice leaders in Ontario hospitals determined the frequency and methods used to assess patient satisfaction with, and the nutritional composition of, menus. From this cross sectional study emerged descriptive themes, complemented by qu...

The essence of nutritional assessment is to determine the adequacy of the diet so that risk of disease might be limited and productivity and longevity might be enhanced. Knowledge of nutritional status, whether of an individual or of an animal population, is important for evaluation of captive management or quality of the wild habitat. This technical paper reviews some of the techniques for ass...

This study aims to (1) analyze the availability of food in city Medan (2) nutrients (energy, protein, and fat) compared Nutritional Adequacy Rate (RDA) (3) diversity Medan. The research data were obtained from primary secondary data. analytical method used is descriptive using Food Balance Sheet (FBS). results showed that City 2020 was available category 1,350.25 grams/capita/day or 489.93 kg/c...