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Nutrition Flashcards

1
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BMI over what centile is diagnosic for obesity?

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98th

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2
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What is second line treatment for Cows Milk protein allergy?

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Amino acid formula

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3
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What is the WHO classification for moderate and severe malnutrition?

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Moderate
BMI +/or length 0.4-9th centile
Severe
BMI +/or length <0.4th centile

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4
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What are the fat soluble vitamins?

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Vitamin A, D, E and K

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5
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What are the water soluble vitamins?

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Vit C
B1, B2, B3, Pantothenic Acid, B6, B12, Folate

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When can soy based formula be used? And who can’t have it?

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Older infant with CMPA where other formulas are rejected due to palatability or parents practicing veganism.
Do not give babies <6 months due to phytoestrogen

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7
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When should weaning start?

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Around 6 months.
Not before 4 months corrected gestational age.

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Define faltering growth in child

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Slowing of weight gain in childhood that is less than expected for age and sex.

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9
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Define overweight child

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BMI beteen 91st and 98th centile

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10
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What does vitamin A deficiency present as?

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Night blindness
Severe- complete blindness, xerophthalmia(pathalogical eye dryness)

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11
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Vitamin b1 is also known as what?
What does deficiency of it present as?

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Thiamine
Infants of thiamine deficienct mothers (think indonesia): Beriberi syndrome- weak/hoarse cry, cardiomegaly, tachycardia and oedema
Teenagers: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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12
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What predisposes to B1/thiamine deficiency?

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Thiamine deficient mother
Anorexia nervosa, alcohol abuse
Maple syrup urine disease

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13
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What is Vitamin B6 also known as and how does deficiency present?

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Pyridoxine
stomatitis, glossitis, seborrheic dermatitis, microcytic anaemia and seizures.
Seizures neonatal period, inc foetal movement

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14
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What predisposes to Vit B6/Pyridoxine deficiency?

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Homocystinuria
Isoniazid, penicillamine

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15
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What is Vitamin B3 also known as and how does deficiency present?

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Niacin
Pellagra - characterised by dermatitis, glossitis, vaginitis, and oesophagitis, diarrhoea and dementia.

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16
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What predisposes to Vit B3/Niacin deficiency?

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Anorexia nervosa
V. rare as most foods fortified with it.

17
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What is Vitamin B2 also known as and how does deficiency present?

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Riboflavin
Ariboflavinosis: present as sore throat, angular stomatitis, glossitis and normocytic, normochromic anaemia.

18
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What is Vitamin B5 also known as and how does deficiency present?

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Pantothenic acid
‘Burning feet syndrome’ characterised by paraesthesia and dysesthesia.

19
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What is Vitamin B9 also known as and how does deficiency present?

A

Folate, Folic Acid
Megaloblastic anaemia. Neural tube defects if occur when pregnant.

20
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What predisposes to Vit B9 folate deficiency

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Coeliac, chronic haemolytic/renal disorders
Methotrexate, Trimethoprim, Sodium Valproate

21
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How does vitamin B12 deficieny present?

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Megaloblastic anaemia + obvious lethargy and pallor. stomatitis and glossitis.
If untreated= neurological and psychological changes inc depression, confusion, numbness and visual changes.

22
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What predisposes to B12 deficiency?

A

Vegan/ Vegiterian
Malabsorption

23
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How does Vitamin C deficiency present?

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Chronic severe deficiency can result in Scurvy
Petechial and perifollicular haemorrhaging, impaired wound healing and abnormal bone and dentine formation.

24
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How does Vitamin E deficiceny present?

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Neuromuscular and haemolytic disorders in patients with fat malabsorption.

25
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How does vitamin K deficiency present?

A

Bruising or bleeding from any mucosal or subcutaneous site

26
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How does Zinc deficiceny present?

A

weight loss, dermatitis, alopecia and diarrhoea.

27
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How does iodiine deficieny present?

A

goitre

28
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What is Acrodermatitis enteropathica?

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AR disorder, failure of intestinal zinc absorption
Characteristic orange-y rash with well demarcated border

29
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What predisposes to Zinc deficicency?

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Children following a vegan diet and infants who are exclusively breast fed with delayed introduction of solid food

30
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What is the formula for calculating mid parental height in girls?

A

(Mam height + Dad height -13) / 2

31
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What is the formula for calculating mid parental height in boys?

A

(Mam height + Dad height + 13) /2

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