What assessment parameters are included when assessing a patients' nutritional status? (Mark all that apply.)
A) Ethnic mores
B) Body mass index
C) Clinical examination findings
D) Wrist circumference
E) Dietary data
Ans: B, C, E
Feedback: The sequence of assessment of parameters may vary, but evaluation of nutritional status includes one or more of the following methods: measurement of body mass index and waist circumference, biochemical measurements, clinical examination findings, and dietary data. Ethnic mores and wrist circumference are not assessment parameters for nutritional status.
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