Nutrition

Question 1

What is nutrition ?

Answer 1

Provides an understanding of how food nourishes the body and how optimal nutrients is important for growth, development, repair of tissues and source of energy

Question 2

Malnutrition

Answer 2

1. State of deficiency which has a measurable impact on body composition, function and clinical outcomes
2. Loss of body tissues and body function due to inadequate of protein, energy and other nutrients

Question 3

Obesity

Answer 3

BMU over 30

Question 4

Bariatrics

Answer 4

Prevention and control of obesity

Question 5

Nutritional support

Answer 5

1. Modifying types of food eaten
2. Enter all tube feeding
3. Parenteral nutrition

Question 6

Methods of managing nutrition

Answer 6

1. Oral diet
2. Nutritional supplements
3. Nasopharynx gastric tube
4. Nasopharynx jejunal tube
5. Pre-cutaneous gastrostomy
6. Pre-cutaneous jejenostomy
7. Surgical jejunstomy
8. Parental nutrition

Question 7

Non-modifiable factors in healthcare

Answer 7

1. Age
2. Gender
3. Race
4. Genetics

Question 8

Modifiable factors of healthcare

Answer 8

1. Diet and weight
2. Alcohol and smoking
3. Exercise
4. Sleep
5. Stress
6. Drugs

Question 9

Nutrients for a healthy diet

Answer 9

1. Carbohydrates
2. Fat
3. Protein
4. Vitamins
5. Minerals
6. Water

Question 10

Protein provides budding material for body tissues

Answer 10

1. Muscles
2. Enzymes
3. Hormone
4. Connective tissue
5. Antibodies
6. Red blood cells
7. Energy

Question 11

Fats

Answer 11

1. Supply energy
2. Essential fatty acids
3. Deliver fat soluble vitamins to the body
4. Increase flavour and playability of foods
5. Contribute to the feeling of being full
6. Component of cell membranes

Question 12

Carbohydrates

Answer 12

1. Simple sugars
2. Complex carbohydrate and starch
3. Dietary fibre
4. Alcohol, alcohol sugars derived

Question 13

Vitamins

Answer 13

1. Zinc
2. Magnesium
3. Copper
4. Iron
5. Iodine
6. Potassium
7. Calcium

Question 14

Fat soluble vitamins

Answer 14

1. A
2. E
3. D
4. K

Question 15

Water soluble vitamins

Answer 15

1. Vitamin C
2. Thiamine
3. Riboflavin
4. Niacin
5. Pantothenic acid
6. Vitamin B6
7. Folic acid

Question 16

A healthy diet

Answer 16

A diet that provides adequate energy and nutrients to provide good health, delaying or reducing the risk of diet related diseases

Question 17

Impact of diet on health

Answer 17

1. Nutrition is a determinant of many chronic diseases
2. Nutrition is a modifiable lifestyle factor
3. Diet can have a positive or negative impact
4. Obesity and malnutrition impact on diseases

Question 18

The food groups

Answer 18

1. Fruit and vegetables
2. Fatty and sugary foods
3. Starch
4. Dairy products
5. Protein

Question 19

Food based advice

Answer 19

1. Base meals on starch foods
2. Eat fruit and vegetables
3. Eat more fish
4. Cut down on saturated fat and sugar
5. Eat less salt
6. Get active
7. Drink water

Question 20

Salt

Answer 20

Too much salt can raise blood pressure

Question 21

Fats

Answer 21

1. Required in meals
2. Total fat should be below 35%
3. Saturated fat should contribute 10% total energy
4. Cut down saturated fat and replace with unsaturated fat
5. Trans fat

Question 22

Diets

Answer 22

1. Diabetic
2. Soft
3. Milk free
4. Gluten free
5. Vegan
6. Vegetarian
7. Low salt