Assess the nutritional status of the patient
The health history and physical examination of the patient of the most important factors in determining nutritional status, and include this evaluation necessarily Date changes of weight, and any changes in eating and drinking, and symptoms affecting the nutrition of the various, which include loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea or constipation, and inflammatory and dry mouth, and changes in smell and taste, and pain, also includes the evaluation of medicines that affect the nutrition and operations of the body's use of nutrients, as well as other diseases that may affect nutrition, in turn, in addition to the performance level of the body the patient's functions, and should investigate the patient for changes in the food and drink than is normal for him, and the period that lasts where these changes, should also investigate the physical examination for the loss of weight and loss of fat under the skin and muscle atrophy, and accumulation of fluid in the legs, and how there was no ascites.
And which will help greatly in addressing the nutritional problems that are investigating how a patient's desire for food, and eat what he likes and what he hates, and sensitivity to certain foods, and therefore order the appropriate diet to help him in various stages of treatment.
