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Nervous System - Parkinson's Disease

Nutrition Care Process

Last Updated: 2020-07-20 Target Group: All Adults

Nutrition Assessment, Monitoring and Evaluation

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Nutrition Assessment
Regular evaluation of nutritional status is important to identify and treat malnutrition. Factors to consider in the nutritional assessment of a person who has Parkinson's Disease (PD) may include the following 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 evaluation step.

Anthropometric Measurements - Adults
  • Height

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