2- Human Nutritional Needs (ch.6) Flashcards
1
Q
How is diet inextricably linked to other parts of our lives?
A
- hunter- gatherers, human diet, and our capacity for cooperation
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2
Q
subsistance patterns for contemporary foragers
A
dependent on the enviorment they are located.
3
Q
What diets are humans “designed” to eat?
A
European Upper Paleolithic
50,000 - 10,000 BCE
4
Q
Undernutrition
A
- Protein- energy malnutrition
- Marasmus
- Kwashiorkor
5
Q
Marasmus
A
- prominent bones
- decrease in sub-cutaneous fat
- loose skin
- Wasting = present/ marked
- Mental changes- uncommon
- good appetite
- Anemia= present- less severe
face= drawn in/ monkey like
6
Q
Kwashiorkor
A
- protuberant belly
- itchy rash
- poor wound healing
- Xerosis
- wasting = present
- mental changes = very common
- Appetite= poor
- Anemia = Severe (sometimes)
face= may be edematous
7
Q
Nutrient Deficiencies
A
Iodine - goiter (bulge on thyroid area) - congenital hypothyroidism (
Vitamin A
- Blindness
Vitamin C
- Scurvy
- (pale skin, sunken eyes, loss of teeth)
Vitamins D
- Rickets
- Osteomalacia
(bowlegged, fragile bone density)
8
Q
Malnutrition
A
overabundance of calories
9
Q
Overnutrition
A
overabundance of individual nutrients
