This document outlines methods of nutritional assessment, including direct and indirect methods. Direct methods measure objective criteria about individuals, including anthropometric measurements, biochemical lab tests, clinical exams, and dietary evaluations. Indirect methods assess community health through vital health statistics, economic factors like income and population density, and ecological variables such as crop production. The direct ABCD method includes anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary evaluations to directly assess individuals.

1. METHODS OF NUTRITIONAL
ASSESSMENT
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3. METHODS
• Nutrition assessed by two types
1. Direct
2. . Indirect
• The Direct method deals with the individual & measure
objective criteria.
• The indirect methods are use community health.

4. DIRECT METHOD
• This are summarised as ABCD.
1. Anthropometric
2. Biochemical laboratory
3. Clinical
4. Dietary evaluation

5. INDIRECT METHOD
• These include three categories:
1. Vital health statistics particularly infant & under 5mortality& fertility index.
2. Economic factors eg:per capita income, population density, social habits.
3. Ecological variable including crop production

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