Nutrition Flashcards
Nursing Diagnosis: Imbalanced Nutrition, Less than body requirements
Intake of nutrients insufficient to meet metabolic needs
Nursing Diagnosis: Overweight
Individual accumulates excessive fat for age and gender
Carbohydrates: Simple sugars
Sugar
Syrup
Molasses
Honey
Fruit
Milk
Mono and Disaccharides
Carbohydrates: Complex sugars
Bread
Cereal
Rice
Pasta
Potatoes
Legumes
Crackers
Flour products
Polysaccharides
Complete proteins
Promote growth and maintain body tissues
Meat, fish, poultry, milk, cheese, and eggs
Incomplete proteins
Do not maintain life, build tissue, or promote growth
Dried peas and beans, peanut butter, seeds, fruits and vegetables, bread, cereal, rice, and pasta
Function of Fats
Cellular transport, insulation, protection of vital organs , energy storage, vitamin absorption, and transport of fat-soluble vitamins
Vitamin A function
Vision
Epithelium
Skeletal and tooth development
Cellular proliferation
Vitamin A deficiency
Night or total blindness
Epithelial changes
Follicular hyperkeratosis
Dryness of the eyes
Inadequate tooth and bone development
Vitamin D functions
Intestinal and Renal absorption of calcium
Mobilization of calcium and phosphorus from bone
Vitamin D deficiency
Rickets in children
Poor dental health
Tetany
Osteomalacia
Vitamin K function
Blood coagulation
Vitamin K deficiency
Possible hemorrhage
Hemorrhage disease of newborn
(B1) Thiamine deficiency
Poor appetite, mental depression, fatigue, and constipation
(B12) Cyanocobalamine deficiency
Leads to pernicious anemia
(B12) Cyanocobalamine foods
Meats, fish, poultry, milk and eggs
(B9) Folic Acid deficiency
Signs of glossitis
Diarrhea
Microcytic anemia
Birth defects
(B9) Folic Acid Functions
Coenzyme in protein Metabolism and cell growth
Necessary for RBC formation
(B9) Folic Acid foods
Dark leafy green vegetables, fruits, nuts, beans, peas, meat, eggs, seafood, and grains