Nutritional status

How it is used

A key phrase in clinical notes and research. Professionals 'assess', 'monitor' or 'improve' nutritional status, which can be described as good, poor, adequate or compromised. It is what a nutrition assessment sets out to measure. 'Nutrition status' is also used.

Example sentences

1. Poor nutritional status before surgery is linked to more complications.

2. We will monitor his nutritional status weekly during radiotherapy.

Common collocations

• assess nutritional status
• poor nutritional status
• improve nutritional status
• monitor nutritional status

Related terms

• nutrition assessmentA systematic process in which a dietitian collects and interprets information about a person's diet, body measurements, medical history and lab results to identify nutrition problems.
• malnutritionA condition caused by a diet that does not match the body's needs. It usually means undernutrition, but in global health it also covers overweight, obesity and micronutrient deficiencies.
• anthropometric measurementsMeasurements of the size and proportions of the body, such as height, weight, waist circumference, skinfold thickness and mid-upper arm circumference, used to assess nutrition and growth.
• BMIBody mass index: a person's weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters. It is used to classify adult weight as underweight, normal weight, overweight or obesity.

More terms: Nutrition Assessment

• dietary intake
• food diary
• waist circumference
• 24-hour recall