Nutrition

Question 1

Which vitamins are fat soluble?

Answer 1

A, D, E, K

Question 2

Which precursor is measured when vitamin D levels are checked?

Answer 2

25 hydroxyvitamin D

Question 3

Which vitamins are water soluble?

Answer 3

B, C, folate

Question 4

What is the name for B1 deficiency/thiamine?

Answer 4

Beri-Beri neuropathy

Wernicke encephalopathy

Question 5

How might Beri-Beri present?

Answer 5

Wet features = cardiovascular disease, features of heart failure
Dry = neurological disease (Wernicke’s encephalopathy)

Question 6

What is the name for B3 deficiency/niacin?

Answer 6

Pellagra

Question 7

What are the 4 Ds of Pellagra?

Answer 7

Diarrhoea
Dermatitis
Dementia
Death

Question 8

What is a complication of iron overload/haemochromatosis?

Answer 8

Infertility

Question 9

Which protein is low in Wilson’s disease?

Answer 9

Caeruloplasmin

Question 10

Decreased production of which hormone leads to insulin resistance?

Answer 10

Adiponectin

Question 11

What is the name of the “anti-hunger” hormone?

Answer 11

Leptin

Question 12

What is the name of the “hunger” hormone?

Answer 12

Ghrelin

Question 13

What is the name of the satiety hormone produced in the intestines?

Answer 13

PYY

Question 14

What type of lipids are good for people?

Answer 14

Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Question 15

Which enzyme breaks down fatty acids?

Answer 15

Pancreatic lipase

Question 16

What are the 5 features of metabolic syndrome?

Answer 16

Raised fasting glucose
Low HDL
Hypertension
Insulin resistance
Increased waist circumference

Question 17

What are 2 drugs given in medical therapy of obesity?

Answer 17

Orlistat - inhibitor of pancreatic lipase

GLP1 - satiety

Question 18

What disease is caused by protein deficiency?

Answer 18

Kwashiorkor