Principles of Nutritional Assessment.Rosalind S. Gibson

Nutritional assessment systems have been undergoing revision over the last couple years. Among the common nutritional assessment methods include nutrition surveys, nutrition surveillance, nutrition screening, nutrition interventions and clinical assessments in clinical settings. Gibson has discussed in the book some of the new nutritional assessment techniques such as measurement of nutrients in dried blood spots prepared from a finger-prick blood sample. In addition, for some nutrients, on-site analysis is now possible, enabling researchers and subjects to obtain results immediately. The author equally reserved ample time for comprehensive and critical appraisal of many of the older, established methods in nutritional assessment like nutrition surveys.