CHAPTER 1 Flashcards

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Chemical substances necessary for life?
Functions
Provide energy
Build and repair tissue
Regulate body processes: circulation, respiration, digestion, and elimination

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NUTRIENTS

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What are the 6 classes of nutrients?

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Carbohydrates
Fats (lipids)
Proteins
Vitamins
Minerals
Water

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those found only in foods?

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Essential Nutrients

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carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins?

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ORGANIC NUTRIENTS

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Must be broken down before use
Contains carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
Function: provide energy, regulate body processes, and repair tissues?

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ORGANIC NUTRIENTS

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Water and Minerals?

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INORGANIC NUTRIENTS

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Provide major source of energy
Examples: cereal grains, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and sugars?

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CARBOHYDRATES

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In simplest form when ingested
Function: regulate body processes?

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INORGANIC NUTRIENTS

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Provide energy
Highest kilocalorie value
Sources: meats, milk, cream, butter, cheese, egg yolks, oils, nuts?

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FATS (LIPIDS)

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Build and repair body tissues
Provide energy
Only one of the six nutrients that contain nitrogen
Sources: meats, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, corn, grains, nuts, and seeds?

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PROTEINS

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Inorganic compounds
Regulate body processes
Examples: calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, chloride, iron, magnesium, and zinc?

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MINERALS

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Organic compounds
Regulate body processes
Examples: vitamins A, B, C, D, E, and K?

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VITAMINS

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Major constituent of all living cells
Composed of hydrogen and oxygen?

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WATER

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Excess energy or nutrient intake?

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OVERNUTRITION

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Nutrient Deficiency: inadequate dietary intake?

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PRIMARY

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Deficient energy or nutrient intake?

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UNDERNUTRITION

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Cumulative Effects of Nutrition: atherosclerosis- obesity, hypertension, diabetes, gallbladder disease, some cancers?

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Cumulative Effects of Nutrition: iron deficiency, beriberi, scurvy osteomalacia osteoporosis, rickets goiter?

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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
Beriberi

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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
Iron-deficiency anemia

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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
Night blindness

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Nutrient Deficiency: due to causes other than dietary intake?

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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
KWASHIORKOR

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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks:
GOITER

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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: Marasmus
ALL NUTRIENTS
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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: OSTEOMALACIA
CALCIUM, VIT D, PHOSPHORUS, MAGNESIUM, AND FLOURIDE
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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: OSTEOPEROSIS
CALCIUM AND VIT D
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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: PELLAGRA
NIACIN
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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: RICKETS
CALCIUM AND VITAMIN D
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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: SCURVY
VITAMIN C
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Deficiency Diseases give the nutrients it lacks: XEROPHTHALMIA
VITAMIN A
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What are the 4 nutritional assessment?
1. Anthropometric measurements 2. Clinical examination 3. Biochemical tests 4. Dietary and social history
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NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT: Pallor, blue half circles beneath eyes Edema Bumpy “gooseflesh Lesions at corner of mouth. Possible deficiencies Iron, copper, zinc, B12, B6, biotin Protein Vitamin A Riboflavin
Clinical Examination
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NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT: Height Weight Head, chest, and abdominal circumference (children) Upper arm measurement Skinfold
Anthropometric Measurements
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NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT: Serum albumin level and Serum transferrin level?
BIOCHEMICAL TESTS
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It Measures main protein in blood and Determines protein status?
SERUM ALBUMIN LEVEL
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Indicates iron-carrying protein in blood INCREASE indicates iron stores low DECREASE indicates body lacks protein?
SERUM TRANSFERRIN LEVEL
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client interviewed by the dietitian and asked to give types, amounts, and preparation of all foods eaten in past 24 hours?
24-HOUR RECALL
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written record of all food and drink ingested in a specified period?
FOOD DIARY
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Indicates amount of creatinine excreted in urine over a 24-hour period Used in estimating body muscle mass Muscle mass depleted, as in malnutrition; level will be low?
CREATININE EXCRETION
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to determine nutrient deficiencies or toxicities?
COMPUTER DIET ANALYSIS
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Consideration of financial resources to obtain needed food, and to properly store and cook food?
SOCIAL HISTORY