Extended belly symptoms include extended abdomen

a.24-hour food recall
b.Food diary
•Nutritional Assessment –subjective and objective
a.Subjective: health history interview
b.Objective: anthropometric measurements and laboratory tests

•Anthropometric Measurements for nutritional assessments
1.BMI measurement – measures body fat
2.Waist circumference – predicts health risks (obesity, heart disease, etc.) 3.Midarm circumference (MAC) – measures skeletal muscle mass 4.Tricep skin-fold thickness (TSF) – evaluates subcutaneous fat
5.Waist to height –if waist is more than half you’re height, you’re too large.

- *Percussion: abdomen is always tympanic. Lungs are always going to be resonant. If someone has emphysema their going to have hyper resonance in the lungs (this is abnormal). If you hear something loud in the lungs it means there may be fluid inside.

- *How can you assess someone’s speech: have patient read a sentence out loud