1.33: Human Nutrition
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- <50% of total calories
- <40% of total calories
- <35% of total calories
- <10% of total calories
- less than an individual’s plasma cholesterol.
- The form of malnutrition in which there is a deficiency of protein but not total calories is called:
- marasmus
- kwashiorkor
- essential malnutrition
- based malnutrition
- none of the above
- Which of the following might not be considered an essential nutrient?
- Lysine and methionine
- Vitamin D
- Linoleic and linolenic acids
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin A
Use the following Key to answer Questions 4-7
- 1, 2, and 3 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 2 and 4 are correct
- only 4 is correct
- all are correct
- The Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) defines:
- The amount of money that an American family should spend in order to maintain an average diet.
- The maximum amount of total calories that an individual should consume to maintain a healthy state.
- The minimum amount of essential amino acids in a diet to maintain a healthy state.
- Suggested dietary intake of a nutrient required to meet the needs of most healthy persons.
- The following patients can be associated with an increased risk for malnutrition:
- very-low birth weight
- cancer patients
- abdominal surgery patients
- geriatric patients
- Which of the following serum proteins are most useful as markers for malnutrition?
- prealbumin
- thyroxine-binding globulin (TBG)
- albumin
- gamma globulins
- Chronic alcoholism is associated with a high risk for:
- hypocalcemia
- calorie malnutrition
- hypercalcemia
- protein malnutrition
- Consequences of protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) include all of the following EXCEPT:
- Increased length of stay (LOS) in intensive care units of hospitals
- Increased rate of infections
- Increased use of medical resources
- Increased death rates
- Increased incidence of AIDS
- The hypermetabolic state can be associated with all the following except:
- Major burns
- Peritonitis
- Bone fractures
- Diabetes mellitus
- Major head trauma
Use the following Key to answer Questions 10-11
- 1, 2, and 3 are correct
- 1 and 3 are correct
- 2 and 4 are correct
- only 4 is correct
- all are correct
- Under-nutrition and poor nutrition affect:
- Children in developing countries
- Adults in developing countries
- Obese individuals
- Institutionalized individuals
- The hypermetabolic state can be associated with which of the following biochemical finding:
- Negative nitrogen balance
- Increased basal metabolic rate
- Synthesis of acute phase proteins
- Hypoglycemia
- Answer
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- c (p. 699)
- b (p. 698)
- b (p. 696)
- d (p. 696)
- e (p. 699-701)
- e. (p. 696-701)
- a. (p. 697)