Nutritional status is the condition of health of an individual as influenced by the utilization of nutrients. How do we determine the nutritional status of a person? The definition makes it sound difficult, doesn't it? To determine nutritional status all you have to do is to put together information about:
- What kind of diet is being consumed
- What types of illnesses, if any. the person has suffered / is suffering from including any observable signs of ill health such as discolored skin or bleeding.
- What is the level of nutrients and other substances in the blood and urine (as determined by blood and urine tests).
You will understand the coqcept better with the help of an example. If a person doesn't consume.enough of vitamin C-(one of the water-soluble vitamins), its levels in the blood will drop and one can predict that the person is likely to get vitamin C deficiency. This finding can be confvmcd if a look at the diet reve8b very few foods being eaten which an rich in this vitamin
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