Nutrition Risk Factors
Some additional factors, such as access to food, existing chronic conditions and the ability to consume and absorb food, are also indicators of nutritional status. For example, you may be at nutritional risk if you do not have the means to purchase or prepare food, or if you do not have the ability to chew and swallow food. A medical condition that causes the inability to absorb the nutrition from ingested food, such as Celiac or Crohn’s disease, also put you at nutritional risk. Mortality and morbidity related to certain chronic conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis and cancer are better managed with appropriate dietary intervention.