Intro to nutrition

Question 1

Dietary practices “divergent” from recommendations is considered to be the ____ leading cause of preventable death

Answer 1

second

Question 2

10 leading causes of death in US diet and inactivity - leading risk factors for which?

Answer 2

1 - heart disease
2 - cancer
3 - stroke
6 - diabetes

Question 3

Name at least 3 applciations of nutrition in medicine

Answer 3

Public health
Ambulatory medicine
Nutrition support in-patient

Question 4

Factors that place patients at risk?

Answer 4

Impaired absorption
Decreased utilization 
Increased losses
Increased requirements
High/low PA

Question 5

The at risk patients?

Answer 5

very young
very old
underweight or recent >10% loss
obese with central obesity
limited variety 
malabsorption or bleeding
hypermetabolic 
alcohol 
marginalized

Question 6

4 components of nutritional assessment

Answer 6

history - intake relative to needs and risks

anthropometrics

exam - clinical PE

Labs - biochemical

Question 7

3 methods for obtaining diet info

Answer 7

qualitative - tell me about your diet
quantitative - 24 hour recall
quantitative - food journal

Question 8

Estimated average requirement

Answer 8

For populations

- estimated adequate intake for 50% population

Question 9

Recommended daily allowance (RDA)

Answer 9

For individuals

- meets requirement of 95-97% of population - used as goal for healthy individuals - set high

Question 10

Childhood BMI Cutoffs
Overweight
vs
Obese

Answer 10

overweight = 85-95% of BMI% for age and sex

obese > 95% BMI for age and sex

interpretation of BMI is age dependent

Question 11

Readiness to change

Answer 11

Importance
and
Confidence

Question 12

Survey - what % of patients discussed diet?

Answer 12

50%