Chapter 2 Flashcards
Not eating right
Malnutrition
Don’t eat enough
Under nutrition
Stage of disease or disorder not severe enough to produce symptoms that can be detected or diagnosed.
Sub clinical
Measurement of body weight and length, circumferences, and thicknesses of parts of the body.
Anthropometric assessment
Measurement of biochemical functions related to a nutrients function.
Biochemical assessment
Exam of general appearance of skin eyes and tongue. Evidence of rapid hair lose, since of touch with ability to cough and walk.
Clinical assessment
Estimation of typical food choices rely mostly on the recounting of ones usual intake or record of ones previous day’s intake.
Dietary assessment
Living conditions, education level, ability to purchase transport and cook food. Persons weekly budget is key factor.
Environmental assessment
Recommendations made by food and nutrition board of institution of medicine. Include RDA, AI’s, EERS, and ULS
Dietary reference intakes (DRI’s)
Estimate of energy intake needed to match the energy use of the average person.
Estimated energy requirement (EER)
Take the maximum chronic daily intake level of a nutrient that is unlikely to cause adverse health effects. In almost all people in certain stage of life.
Tolerable upper intake level (UL)
Comparison of calories to weight.
Energy density
