About General Nutrition Status Assessment indirectly

Assessment of nutritional status indirectly divided into 3 namely (Arsad, RA. 2006):
a. Survey of food consumption
Is a method of determining nutritional status indirectly by looking at the number and types of nutrients consumed.

b. vital Statistics
Is to analyze the data some health statistics like mortality rates by age, morbidity and mortality due to certain causes and other data relating to nutrition.

c. ecology
Based on the expression of Bengoa said that malnutrition is a problem of ecology as a result of interaction of several physical factors, biological, and cultural environments. The amount of food available is dependent on ecological circumstances such as climate, soil, irrigation, etc..