About General Nutrition Status Assessment is directly

Assessment of nutritional status is directly divided into four assessments are (Arsad, RA. 2006):
a. anthropometry
Anthropometry is the measure of the human body. While the nutritional anthropometry is associated with a variety of body dimensions and measurements of body composition and age levels and nutrient levels. Anthropometry is generally used to see a balance of protein and energy intake.

b. clinical
Clinical examination is a method to assess nutritional status based on the changes - changes that occur associated with insufficiency of nutrients, such as skin, eyes, hair, and oral mucosa or organs that are close to the surface of the body such as the thyroid gland.

c. biochemistry
Assessment of nutritional status with biochemical examination of the specimens are tested by laboratories that performed on various tissues. Body tissues that are used among others blood, urine, feces and also some body tissues such as liver and muscle.

d. biophysical
Assessment of nutritional status in biophysics is the method of determining the nutritional status by involving kemamapuan function and see the changing structure of the network ..