The process of identifying patients who may have a nutrition diagnosis and who would benefit from nutritional assessment and intervention by an RD is defined as:

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The process described is specifically referred to as nutrition screening, which involves identifying patients at risk of malnutrition or those who may benefit from a more comprehensive nutrition assessment. Nutrition-focused physical examinations, estimating nutrition needs, and calculating nutritional risk are all parts of the nutrition assessment process, which comes after screening.

The Process of Identifying Patients Who May Have a Nutrition