Nutritional assessment, apart from identifying what is essential as a good diet, can also be used in calculating individual needs. An example of this is the amounts of specific nutrients required by an individual; like for instance, the measurement of nitrogen balance. This is a very complex calculation, which is analyzed during the construction of the food tables and the sorting out of the nutritional status of an individual. During this specific calculation and research, different aspects must be taken into consideration.
There is first of all the range of foods covered by the tables.…
