摘要
Nutritional Assessment is the process of identifying characteristics known to associated with nutrition problems. Certain foods with chemical additives disguised as food can cause muscle and joint pain associated with arthritis, gout, fibromyalgia, obesity, cancer and others. Avoiding these foods can reduced inflammation, thus prevent obesity, cancer, and another disease. The target of the study was to find a relation between food type, anthropometric parameters and obesity-related diseases for university students in CoUege-Al Leith-Umm al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia. The purpose is to identify populations （100 subjects women, aged： 17-30 year, using questionnaire） who are malnourished or at nutritional risk. Participants were divided into normal-weight and obese groups. The different methods are used to collect data including： 1. Anthropometric, 2. Dietary： Nutritional History （Current Intake）, 3. FFQ （Food frequency questionnaire）. There is a significant association between certain food type, anthropometric parameters, obesity as well as other diseases including （vitamin D deficiency, kidney problems, bone pain, general weakness, thyroid problems, infertility.
