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December 13, 2005 

SNAQ Assessment Tool

My appetite is
  1. very poor
  2. poor
  3. average
  4. good
  5. very good
When I eat
  1. I feel full after eating only a few mouthfuls
  2. I feel full after eating about a third of a meal
  3. I feel full after eating over half a meal
  4. I feel full after eating most of the meal
  5. I hardly ever feel full
Food tastes
  1. very bad
  2. bad
  3. average
  4. good
  5. very good
Normally I eat
  1. less than one meal a day
  2. one meal a day
  3. two meals a day
  4. three meals a day
  5. more than three meals a day

Tally the results based on the following numerical scale: a = 1, b = 2, c = 3, d = 4, e = 5. The sum of the scores for the individual items constitutes the SNAQ score. SNAQ score ≤14 indicates significant risk of at least 5 % weight loss within six months.

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