Dietary intake assessed by the Nutrition Screening Initiative Level II Screen is a sensitive but not a specific indicator of nutrition risk in older adults

The Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) is a national initiative to promote routine, cost-effective nutrition screening of older Americans. Mitchell et al compared the food group intakes assessed from questions embedded in the NSI Level II Screen with those from a more comprehensive food frequency...

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Published in:Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2002-06, Vol.102 (6), p.842-844
Main Authors: Mitchell, Diane C., Smiciklas-Wright, Helen, Friedmann, Janet M., Jensen, Gordon
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Bread
Comparative analysis
Dairy Products
Diet
Eating
Energy Intake
Female
Food - classification
Food and nutrition
Fruit
Humans
Male
Management
Mass Screening - methods
Medical screening
Middle Aged
Nutrition
Nutrition Assessment
Nutrition Disorders - diagnosis
Nutrition surveys
Older people
Predictive Value of Tests
Questionnaires
Reproducibility of Results
Risk Assessment
Sensitivity and Specificity
Sex Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires - standards
Vegetables
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Summary:The Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI) is a national initiative to promote routine, cost-effective nutrition screening of older Americans. Mitchell et al compared the food group intakes assessed from questions embedded in the NSI Level II Screen with those from a more comprehensive food frequency questionnaire.
ISSN:0002-8223
2212-2672
1878-3570
2212-2680
DOI:10.1016/S0002-8223(02)90188-4