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Assessment of nutritional status Nutritional evaluation is one of the most important basics through which it becomes clear to the specialist the importance of determining the health problem or calculating the individual's needs of calories and various nutrients, so the process of nutritional evaluation is a process that has scientific foundations and evidence and also requires high skill competence on which the specialist depends very much. Through the nutritional assessment, it is possible to know the health history and nutritional status of a person, whether he is chronically ill, obese, overweight, or athletic, meaning that a nutritional assessment is indispensable for determining the health level of the individual. The results of the nutritional assessment are mainly used to create a specific, balanced nutritional formula with health goals. The nutritional evaluation depends on the patient and health diagnosis, symptoms and complications through the skill foundations practiced by the specialist and through which he discovers the health history of the individual, and the nutritional assessment is based on anthropometric measurements that have become the main focus and advanced measurements during recent years until we reached the importance of identifying muscle and fat mass and its types that differ from One person to another. Also, one of the nutritional assessment tools that is indispensable for every individual, whether he is healthy or who suffers from problems, is the results of medical tests that show specific levels of analyzes through blood or urine analysis. In addition to this, knowledge of the psychological, social and lifestyle conditions and taking medications that may affect an individual's nutritional status. All of the above: The individual needs to consult a specialist who practices nutritional evaluation methods to reach the roots of the health problem and treat it, or to reach specific levels through which it can be preserved or prevented from health problems.