Overnutrition

Question 1

Is released when your brain is expecting a reward.

Answer 1

Dopamine

Question 2

Is made in your stomach and signals your brain when you’re hungry.

Answer 2

Ghrelin

Question 3

Is released after eating, decreases appetite and make people feel full after eating.

Answer 3

Peptide YY

Question 4

Occurs frequently in patients with end-stage organ diseades that are complicated by catabolic inflammatory responses like cancer.

Answer 4

Cachexia

Question 5

Stages of Cachexia:

Answer 5

1. Pre-cachexia
2. Cachexia
3. Refractory cachexia

Question 6

A progressive and generalised skeletal muscle disorder that is associated with increased likelihood of adverse outcomes including falls, fractures, physical disablity, and mortality.

Answer 6

Sarcopenia

Question 7

Defined as state of increased vulnerability resulting from aging-associated decline in reserve and function across multiple physiologic systems.

Answer 7

Frailty

Question 8

Defined as the potentially fatal shifts in fluids and electrolytes that may occur in malnourished patients.

Answer 8

Refeeding Syndrome

Question 9

It is the process of identifying patients, clients, or groups who may have a nutrition diagnosis and benefit from nutrition assessment and intervention.

Answer 9

Nutrition Screening