Linganisha mbinu

	Kipimo cha Tathmini ya Lishe (MNA)	Kichunguzi cha Uzingatiaji wa Mlo wa Mediterania (MEDAS)
Nyanja	Sayansi ya Lishe	Sayansi ya Lishe
Familia	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Mwaka wa asili	1994	2011
Mwanzilishi	Yves Guigoz, Bruno Vellas, Paul J. Garry	Helmut Schröder, Montserrat Fitó, Ramón Estruch
Aina	Clinician-administered questionnaire + anthropometric measurement	Self-administered questionnaire
Chanzo asilia	Guigoz, Y., Vellas, B., & Garry, P. J. (1994). Mini Nutritional Assessment: A practical assessment tool for grading the nutritional state of elderly patients. Facts and Research in Gerontology, Supplement 2, 15-59.	Schröder, H., Fitó, M., Estruch, R., et al. (2011). A short screener is valid for assessing Mediterranean diet adherence. The Journal of Nutrition, 141(6), 1140-1145.
Majina mbadala	MNA, MNA-SF (short form)	MEDAS, 14-item MEDAS
Zinazohusiana	5	5
Muhtasari	The Mini Nutritional Assessment is a simple, rapid, and non-invasive screening tool designed to identify malnutrition and nutritional risk in older adults. Developed by Guigoz, Vellas, and colleagues in 1994, it combines subjective assessment with objective anthropometric and laboratory measurements. It is widely used in clinical practice, research, and community settings to detect nutritional decline and guide intervention.	The Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener is a 14-item food frequency questionnaire designed to rapidly assess adherence to the Mediterranean dietary pattern. Developed by Schröder and colleagues in 2011 and validated in the PREDIMED randomized controlled trial, it is one of the most widely used tools for measuring Mediterranean diet compliance in research and clinical practice. The MEDAS is particularly valuable for epidemiological studies, intervention trials, and cardiovascular disease prevention programs.