Nutrition Flashcards by leo Olney | Brainscape

Q

Effects of undernourishment?

A

Liver fatty change

Depression

Impaired wound healing

Decreased cardiac function§

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What is the MUST tool?

A

A way of measuring weight loss

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Reasons for malnourishment in Crohn’s disease?

A

Pain, cytokines, anorexia

Impaired digestion and absorption

Losses through diarrhoea, and blood loss

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Definition of Appetite?

A

The desire or inclination for food

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Definition of satiation?

A

The process leading to the termination of eating

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Definition of satiety?

A

The feeling of having had enough/too much food, that maintains post-meal inhibition of eating.

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Conditions that can lead to loss of appetite?

A

Liver disease

IBD

Ulcers

Cancer

COPD

HIV/AIDS

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Hormones/peptides that may reduce appetite?

A

CCK

Glucagon

Enterostatin

Leptin

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Hormones/peptides that may stimulate appetite?

A

Ghrelin

Insulin

Galanin

Noradrenaline

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Does tube feeding (parenterally fed) fill you up?

A

Not really

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