Autism Spectrum Disorder

Nutrition Care Process

Last Updated: 2021-07-14 Target Group: All Adults

Nutrition Assessment

The nutrition assessment of an individual with autism may include the parameters using NCP terminology in the table below.

Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation

Some of the indicators that were measured in the nutrition assessment can be repeated in the nutrition monitoring (and review) and evaluation step.

Anthropometry
Anthropometric Measurements
Height/length Weight Weight Change (% change) Growth Pattern Indices/Percentile Ranks
Anthropometric Comparative Standards – Adult