Koughan N, Atkinson C
Tulane School of Medicine.
J La State Med Soc. 1993 Oct;145(10):447-9.
The Nutrition Screening Initiative (NSI), an interdisciplinary agency, has developed three levels of nutritional screening for the elderly. Nutritionists from the Office of Public Health and the Orleans Parish Nutrition Commodity Service screened 104 Commodity Supplemental Food Program--Food for Seniors (CSFP) participants utilizing the NSI's checklist. Anthropometric measures were also obtained and the Body Mass Index (BMI), a measure of total body fat, was calculated. Eighty percent of the participants were at moderate or high nutritional risk. Fifty percent of the obese participants (BMI > 30) were at high nutritional risk; whereas 83% of underweight participants (BMI < 21) were at high nutritional risk. Results suggest the need for further evaluation and nutritional intervention among low-income seniors.
营养筛查倡议组织（NSI）是一个跨学科机构，已为老年人制定了三个级别的营养筛查。来自公共卫生办公室和奥尔良教区营养商品服务处的营养学家使用NSI的清单对104名商品补充食品计划——老年人食品（CSFP）参与者进行了筛查。还获取了人体测量数据，并计算了身体质量指数（BMI），这是一种衡量全身脂肪的指标。80%的参与者处于中度或高度营养风险。50%的肥胖参与者（BMI>30）处于高度营养风险；而83%的体重过轻参与者（BMI<21）处于高度营养风险。结果表明，低收入老年人需要进一步评估和营养干预。
