You are a registered dietitian working in a clinic that serves older adults. You want to be able to quickly assess a patient's nutritional status. How might you do this?

A) Place a referral to Meals on Wheels for assistance.
B) Refer the patient the patient's family medicine provider.
C) Use the MyPlate screening tool.
D) Use the Nutrition Screening Initiative checklist.
E) Use the food frequency checklist.

The Nutrition Screening Initiative checklist is a validated tool specifically designed to assess older adults' nutritional status quickly. It assesses weight change, presence of chronic disease, difficulty eating, and dietary intake. Meals on Wheels and food frequency checklists may be helpful in assessing nutritional status, but they do not provide a comprehensive assessment. Referring the patient to their physician may be appropriate, but this does not provide an immediate assessment. Using the MyPlate screening tool may be helpful, but it is not specific to older adults.