Intro Flashcards
What is Therapy?
Therapy can be defined as the treatment of disease or disorders as by some remedial, rehabilitating or curative process
How do we assess nutritional status?
-anthropometry (body measurements)
-considerations around weight
-lab tests
What should an adults nitrogen balance be?
ZERO (same amt going in as going out)
Growing infants, children, adolescents, pregnant women and those recovering from illness should have a ______ nitrogen status.
positive
Sources of nitrogen
-meats
-seafood
-fruits and veggies
What is nitrogen balance used for?
To estimate protein requirements
Dietary Assessment tools:
-24 hour recall
-food frequency
-food record
-direct observation
IBW
Ideal (usual) body weight- used as a baseline to observe sudden changes in weight
Concerning amt of weight loss
2% in a week or 5% in a month
BMI
A valid measurement of weight in relation to health but does not differentiate between excess fat or muscle or bone.
Importance of waist measurements
-carrying weight on your abdomen increases risk for diabetes and disease
-men at risk over 40 inch
-women at risk over 35 inches
Diet/ Drug interactions
-Reduce appetite
-Increase appetite and weight gain
-Alter absorption, metabolism, and excretion of nutrients
-Some interactions can become toxic
Vitamin K rich foods can ______ the effect of blood thinners
weaken
________ juice negatively interacts with many meds
grapefruit
T/F: some medications alter mineral reabsorption in the kidneys leading to wasting of nutrients from the system
true
