T. Nutrition Problems

Question 1

Nutrition

Answer 1

is the sum of processes by which one takes in and utilizes nutrients.

Question 2

Undernutrition

Answer 2

dimished calories or of 1 or more nutrition. Reason: Can’t prepare food, can’t absorb food, need more calories, homless, ill, psychiatric disorder, young. 1/7 older people consume under 700 calories a day. Lack of acess to food (northern comunities)

Question 3

Overnutrition

Answer 3

inpout of calories over body requirements. Obesity, sleep disorders, diabeties, shortened life expectancy. Emotional factors, sedatary lifestyle, culture ethnic, genetics

Question 4

Vegetarian risk

Answer 4

vitamin, mineral, or protein deficiencies unless their diets are well planned.
• deficiency in a strict vegan is lack of cobalamin (vitamin B12),

Question 5

lacto-ovo-vegetarians

Answer 5

eat plant-based foods as well as dairy products and eggs.

Question 6

Marasmus

Answer 6

severe undernourishment causing an infant’s or child’s weight to be significantly low for their age (e.g., below 60 percent of normal). inadequate energy intake

Question 7

Kwashiorko

Answer 7

form of malnutrition where too much fluid in the body’s tissues, which causes swelling under the skin. ). adequate energy intake

Question 8

Starvation-related malnutrition

Answer 8

your body uses what it needs. Carohydrates and glycogen and doesn’t use fat and protein. Once carbs are depleted, proteins are converted to NRG and in 5-9 days body fat is mobalised to give NRG. About 46 weeks before fat stores are depleted.

Question 9

Female athlete triad:

Answer 9

eating disorders,
amenorrhea (no menstration)
osteoporosis

Question 10

Anorexia nervosa

Answer 10

Serious often chronic, life threatening
Self imposed weight loss,
Endocrine dysfunction
Distorted psychopathological attitude toward weight and eating
Requires nutritional support
The underlying psychiatric problem must be identified and addressed

Abnormal weight loss, deliberate self-starvation, intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat
Lanugo, refusal to eat, continuous dieting, hair loss,
Sensitivity to cold, compulsive exercising, absent or irregular menstruation
Dry skin, constipation

Question 11

Bulimia Nervosa

Answer 11

Frequent binge eating, self induced vomiting
Loss of control over eating
Persistent concern with body image
Individuals may have a normal BMI
Weight fluctuations with bingeing and purging

• Signs of vomiting – macerated knuckles, swollen salivary glands, broken vessels in the eyes, dental problems (rotting teeth)

Question 12

Fluoxetine

Answer 12

the only approved antidepressant for treating Bulimia in Canada.

Question 13

Oral nutrition

Answer 13

• High-calorie oral supplements may be used in the client whose nutritional intake is deficient.
• These supplements should not be used as meal substitutes but between meals as snacks.
• People who have these drinks at meal time feel filled up and won’t have their meals since their already “full”

Question 14

Enteral nutrition (EN)

Answer 14

• Nutrition (e.g., a nutritionally balanced liquefied food or formula) provided through the GI tract via a tube, catheter, or stoma that delivers nutrients distal to the oral cavity
• May be ordered for the client who has a functioning GI tract but is unable to take any or enough oral nourishment
• Enteral feeding is cheaper than parental feeding also easier and safer

Question 15

Parenteral nutrition

Answer 15

adminsisted through blood stream. Used when GI tract can’t due to ingestion, digestion or absorption of essential nutirents is a problem.

Prepared based on lab work results.