Rheumatoid Arthritis

Nutrition Assessment
Regular evaluation of nutritional status is important to identify and treat malnutrition (insufficiency and excess) and assess risk factors for chronic disease. The nutrition assessment of an individual with RA may include the parameters using NCP terminology in the following table.

Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation
Some of the indicators that were measured in the nutrition assessment in the table below, can be repeated in the nutrition monitoring and evaluation steps.