Develop a substantial initial post addressing all the points below:

• Explain the components of a nutritional assessment. What important subjective and objective assessment findings will assist a nurse in developing a nutritional plan?
• Explain the importance of macronutrients in maintaining nutritional health. Describe the pathophysiology of one disorder that affects the normal metabolism of a macronutrient.

Use evidence from one scholarly source other than your textbook or ATI book to support your answer. Use APA Style to cite your source.

There are five components to a nutritional assessment. These include past medical history, physical assessment, anthropometric data, biochemical data, and dietary data. Past medical history includes information about the patient’s past and present medical histories like an existing medical condition, previous medical ailments, treatments that the patient received in the past, current treatment or therapies, future 

A nutritional assessment has five components. These five components include the following: