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nutritional status
__________ refers to the degree o...,
What factors affect the balance o...,
_________ is achieved when suffic...
5  cards
undernutrition
________ occurs when nutritional ...,
What are the vulnerable groups of...,
Infants children pregnant women r...
4  cards
overnutrition
________ is caused by consumption...,
Major nutritional problem today o...
2  cards
overnutrition statistics
What percentage of adults in unit...,
What is the estimated percent of ...,
For children overweight defined a...
7  cards
Developmental Competence: Infants and Children
What is the most rapid period of ...,
Although infants lose weight duri...,
Thereafter infants double their b...
6  cards
Developmental Competence: Infants and Children CONT.
Do contraindications to breastfee...,
Infants increase their length by ...,
Infants increase their length by ...
8  cards
Developmental Competence: Adolescence
_________ are characterized by ra...,
What requirements increase to mee...,
Because of bone growth and increa...
5  cards
Developmental Competence: Adolescence CONT.
Percentage of body fat increases ...,
Percentage of body fat decreases ...,
Percentage of body fat decreases ...
5  cards
Developmental Competence: Pregnancy and Lactation
To support synthesis of maternal ...,
National academy of sciences nas ...,
National academy of sciences nas ...
4  cards
Developmental Competence: Adulthood
During adulthood growth and nutri...,
Most adults are in relatively ___...,
However lifestyle factors such as...
5  cards
Developmental Competence: The Aging Adult
As people age a number of changes...,
Major risk factors for malnutriti...,
Normal physiologic changes in agi...
3  cards
Developmental Competence: The Aging Adult (Cont.)
Important nutritional features of...,
What frequently has a significant...,
What reduces available support sy...
5  cards
cultural competence
Why might culture affect nutritio...,
Immigrants commonly maintain ____...,
___ __ and __ awareness also have...
5  cards
cultural competence cont.
Newly arriving immigrants may be ...,
What are some reasons that newly ...,
What are some reasons that newly ...
9  cards
cultural heritage and nutrient needs
_______ values may conflict with ...,
Best way to learn about the eatin...,
Because recent immigrant groups s...
7  cards
Dietary Practices of Cultural Groups
Knowing person s religious practi...,
Other issues are _____ and other ...,
Muslims fast from ___ to ____ dur...
5  cards
Nutritional Assessment Purposes
Purposes of nutritional assessment 1,
Purposes of nutritional assessment 2,
Purposes of nutritional assessment 3
3  cards
nutrition screening
First step of a nutrition screeni...,
_____ parameters include weight a...,
What are the variety of valid too...
11  cards
dietary histories\
For infants and children generall...,
Maternal history of alcohol or il...,
Type frequency amount and duratio...
8  cards
subjective/objective data
1 eating patterns 2 usual weight ...,
General appearance ie obese cache...
2  cards
skin abnormalities/ vitamin deficiency
Dry flaking scaly 1,
Nutrient deficiency for dry scaly...,
Petechiae ecchymoses 3
8  cards
hair abnormalities/ vitamin deficiency
Dull dry sparse vitamin deficiency 1,
Color changes deficiency 2,
Corkscrew hair deficiency 3
3  cards
eye abnormalities / vitamin deficiency
Foamy plaques bitot spots 1,
Dryness xerophthalmia vitamin a 2,
Softening keratomalacia 3
6  cards
lip abnormalities/ vitamin deficiency
Cheilosis vertical cracks in lips 1,
Angular stomatitis red cracks at ...
2  cards
tongue abnormalities/ vitamin deficiency
Glossitis beefy red 1,
Pale tongue 2,
Papillary atrophy 3
5  cards
gums/ vitamin deficiency
Bleeding gums 1
1  cards
nails/ vitamin deficiency
Brittle ridged or spoon shaped ko...,
Splinter hemorrhages vitamin c 2
2  cards
muscoskeletal/ vitamin deficiency
Pain in calves thighs 1,
Osteomalacia 2,
Rickets 3
5  cards
neurologic/vitamin deficiency
Peripheral neuropathy 1,
Hyporeflexia 2,
Disorientation or irritability 3
3  cards
calculations
How is percent usual body weight ...,
85 to 95 of usual body weight ind...,
75 to 84 3
10  cards

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