BMI & Protein Malnutrition

Question 1

BMI underweight is?

Answer 1

<18.5

Question 2

BMI morbidly obese is?

Answer 2

> 40

Question 3

BMI overweight is?

Answer 3

25-30

Question 4

BMI obese is?

Answer 4

30-40

Question 5

normal BMI is?

Answer 5

18.5-25

Question 6

Difference between kwashiokor and marasmus?

Answer 6

kwashiokor is lack of protein

marasmus is lack of protein and other macronutrients

Question 7

BMI of 25 for a child is?

Answer 7

not normal: obese, need to refer to chart

Question 8

what low BMI is fatal?

Answer 8

<12

Question 9

waist circumference increase risk for men and women are what number?

Answer 9

Men: >94cm
Women: >80cm

Question 10

what happens to villi in starvation?

Answer 10

intestinal villi degeneration

Question 11

What to use for refeeding starvation?

Answer 11

milk (casein)

Question 12

why do you get edema with kwashiorkor?

Answer 12

not enough protein, decrease serum albumin, so water goes into tissues water than stay in vessels

Question 13

aflatoxin, how is it ingested what does it do?

Answer 13

ingested due to fungus on crops

aflatoxin > liver > epoxide > reacts with DNA

Question 14

what if you give rich food to people who were starving?

Answer 14

they will die due to septic shock, bacteria get all the nutrients

Question 15

adults who drink milk mutate which chromosome?

Answer 15

chromosome 2, reduced lactase production

Question 16

When do you get negative nitrogen balance?

Answer 16

starvation
AIDS
burn victims

Question 17

Cachexia is caused in part by?

Answer 17

high levels of TNF-a

Question 18

which health profession usually picks up bulimia?

Answer 18

dentist

Question 19

3 Predisposing factors for anorexia nervosa?

Answer 19

1. stressful life events
2. genetics
3. turbulent family relationships

Question 20

What is Lacto-Ovo?

Answer 20

vegetarians who eat eggs and milk