If a nurse wants to evaluate a client's dietary intake, he or she may use
a. anthropometric measurements, 24-hour recall, and/or a food record.
b. computer dietary analysis and biochemical laboratory testing.
c. diet history, a food record, and/or com-puter dietary analysis.
d. measurements of limbs, analysis of body fluids, and a diet history.
C
Methods to assess dietary intake include use of a diet history, a food record, and/or comput-er-assisted dietary analysis. Anthropometric measurements (including measurements of limbs) and biochemical laboratory testing (including analysis of body fluids) are used to help assess nu-tritional status, but not dietary intake.
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