| The macro-driven assessment report is one of the big advantages of using the Clinical and Network editions. These editions provide the ability to create what appears (to your client) to be a highly customized Initial Assessment Report. You create this custom report by editing a "template file" and by inserting macros as needed.
A "template" file is a file that represents the desired report. It contains all the formatting (tables, tabs, boldface, point size, fonts, etc.) that will appear in the final report. The only difference is that NutriBase "macros" are inserted where needed to represent the required client data. NutriBase "macros" are strings of text that act as placeholders for other information. This allows you to create a customized report template that will suit a wide variety of clients.
Every NutriBase macro begins and ends with a caret symbol ("^"). For example, the macro ^LastName^ holds the place for any selected client's last name and ^Salutation^ holds the place for any selected client's salutation ("Ms." or "Mr.") as appropriate for their gender.
Sample Template File Excerpt - Take a look at this section of a sample NutriBase template file:
Initial Assessment Report
Prepared ^date^
by Sure Fit Health and Aerobics
Goal Summary for ^FirstName^ ^MI^ ^Lastname^
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| Start Date: | ^StartDate^ | Present Weight: | ^StartWtLbs^ lbs.
| | Activity Level: | ^ActivLev^ | Desired Weight: | ^DesWtLbs^ lbs.
| | Goal Date: | ^GoalDate^ | Weight Loss/Week: | ^Lbs2L-G/Wk^ lbs.
| | Client Name: | ^FirstName^ ^MI^ ^LastName^ | Present Body Fat: | ^StartBodyFat^%
| | Gender: | ^Gender^ | Desired Body Fat: | ^DesBodyFat^%
| | Age: | ^Age^ | Build: | ^BodyFrame^
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^Salutation^ ^LastName^, as you can see from the table above, your current weight is ^StartWtLbs^ pounds and your goal weight is ^DesWtLbs^ pounds. This means you have ^TotLbsToL-G^ pounds to lose. Hopefully, all of this weight loss will be in the form of body fat. Your goal is to lose an average of ^Lbs2L-G/Wk^ pounds of fat per week. If you lose this ^Lbs2L-G/Wk^ pounds each week, it will take you approximately ^Wks2Goal^ weeks for you to reach your body weight goal of ^DesWtLbs^ pounds.
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The Resulting Report - The sample template shown above would generate the following report:
Initial Assessment Report
Prepared January 21, 1999
by Sure Fit Health and Aerobics
Goal Summary for John P. Smith
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| Start Date: | September 21, 2000 | Present Weight: | 218 lbs.
| | Activity Level: | Moderately active | Desired Weight: | 192 lbs.
| | Goal Date: | May 16, 1999 | Weight Loss/Week: | 1.7 lbs.
| | Client Name: | John Smith | Present Body Fat: | 28%
| | Gender: | Male | Desired Body Fat: | 16%
| | Age: | 28 | Build: | Medium |
Mr. Smith, as you can see from the table above, your current weight is 218 pounds and your goal weight is 192 pounds, you have 26 pounds to lose. Hopefully, all of this weight loss will be in the form of body fat. Your goal is to lose an average of 1.7 pounds of fat per week. If you lose this 1.7 pounds each week, it will take you approximately 15 weeks for you to reach your body weight goal of 192 pounds.
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Notice that all of the NutriBase macros (e.g., ^LastName^) from the template file were replaced by their actual values for the selected client (John Smith). You have 170+ macros to use in creating your own custom client assessment report. Once you are happy with your template, you can produce a "custom" report for every new client you assess! This report is impressive, especially when provided to the client with the Exercise Calorie Expenditures Report that shows your clients how many calories they will burn by performing any of 80+ exercises for 30 minutes. (It's easy to tell a client to exercise to burn 300 calories a day... but very few clients have a good concept of what to do for how long. The Calorie Expenditures report gives them this information and it is customized to their own bodies.) |
