Nutritional Assessment (Mini Nutritional Assessment – MNA)

The MNA is a monitoring tool that aims to identify patients at risk of malnutrition. This tool is very useful in the hospital setting, as malnourished patients are subject to a longer hospital stay.

Usually the assessment is divided into:

General Evaluation
Lifestyle, physical activity, medication
Dietary assessment
Number of meals
Subjective assessment by the patient
Patient perception of health and nutrition status
Anthropometric parameters
Weight, BMI, body circumference, subcutaneous folds

Source: Handbook of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition by Franco Contaldo et al.

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