"Nutritional Status NRI Calculator: Nutrition Facts" is a mobile app designed for nutritional status assessment. Nutritional status assessment is important in the detection of protein energy malnutrition (PEM), dietary requirements, and the development of the alternative nutritional therapies in patients with chronic diseases. Malnutrition is a strong predictor of mortality and morbidity. There are many tools for the assessment of nutritional status. Nutrition risk index (NRI) score is a specific and positive predictor for identifying patients with risk of malnutrition and validated in many populations. "Nutritional Status NRI Calculator: Nutrition Facts" app uses nutrition risk index (NRI) score to identify risk of malnutrition.
There are several features of "Nutritional Status NRI Calculator: Nutrition Facts", namely:
šø Simple and very easy to use nutrition app.
šø Precise calculation with NRI score.
šø Easily calculate risk of malnutrition.
šø It is totally free. Download now!
"Nutritional Status NRI Calculator: Nutrition Facts" app will calculate the Nutrition risk index (NRI) score and classify the Nutritional Risk Index (NRI) score. The patients with Nutritional Risk Index (NRI) score of
šø > 100 was considered in no risk group
šø 97.5ā100 mild risk
šø 83.5ā97.5 moderate risk
šø< 83.5 has severe risk groups.
Although weight andĀ nutritional status are not always correlated (e.g. obese patients mayĀ have malnutrition), for the purposes of this "Nutritional Status NRI Calculator: Nutrition Facts" app, patients with increased weight from baselineĀ (present weight more than usual weight) are unlikely to have malnutrition.