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Essential fatty acids

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Linoleic acid

a-linolenic acid

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LC-PUFA, essential for visual and cognitive devt

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ARA

DHA

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Minimal energy need, LC PUFA, CHO and fat

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30 kcal/kg/24 h

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RDA during 1st yr of life

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80-120 kcal/kg/day

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Essential for LBW infants (CAT)

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Cystine
Arginine
Taurine

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Energy requirements for children

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55 CHO
10 CHON
30 fat

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Feeding sched from birth to 9 mos

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60-90 mL/ feeding

6-9 feedings/ day

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Breastmilk at the start of feeding, high lactose and CHON

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Foremilk

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Creamy milk with high fat

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Hind milk

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Casein to whey ratio in mature milk

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40:60

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Milk in 1st 7 days postpartum, CHON-rich

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Colostrum

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Milk in D 10-14 now w/ high fat and lactose content

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mature milk

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Major energy source in breast milk

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Fat

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14
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Most abundant breast milk FA

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Palmitic and oleic acid

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15
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Conditionally essential AA for newborns

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Taurine

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16
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Enhances absorption of Ca, Fe, Mn

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Lactose

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17
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What enzyme is synthesized by the brush border of the intestine?

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Lactase

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Prebiotic, Nitrogen containging CHO w/c promotes colonization of Lactobacillus bifidus

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Bifidus factor

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Mineral essential for cytochrome oxidase enzymes synthesis

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Copper

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20
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Progressive neurodegenerative condition w colorless friable hair w/ seizures and MR

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Menkes kinky hair syndrome

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Disease of the growing born which occurs in children only before fusion if the epiphyses d/t Vit D deficiency

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Rickets

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Night blindness in Vit A deficiency

23
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Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva d/t Vit A deficiency

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Xerophthalmia

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Oval or triangular spot of keratinized epithelium in the conjunctiva

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Bitot’s spot

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Vit C deficiency
Scurvy
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Component of human breastmilk that compensates for low levels of endogenous lipase
Bile salt- stimulated lipase (BSSL)
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Hydrolytic enzyme present in the human breastmilk that breaks down peptidoglycan layer of the cell wall
Lysozyme
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Vitamin essential for vision, immunity and healing
Vitamin A
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Disease presenting with craniotabes, rachitic rosary, windswept deformity and Harrison groove
Rickets
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Treatment of Rickets
Vitamin D 300k-600k IU PO/ IM as 2-4 doses over 1 day
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Deficiency of this vitamin causes RBC hemolysis, loss of neural integrity, cerebellar dysfx, and pigmentary retinopathy
Vitamin E
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Vitamin for prothrombin formation and synthesis of coag factors 2,7,9,10
Vitamin K
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Deficiency of this vitamin causes beri-beri
Vit B1/ thiamine
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Deficiency of this vitamin causes angular cheilosis, anemia, and glossitis
Vit B2/ riboflavin
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Vitamin essential for redox rxn, deficiency causes pellagra, diarrhea and dementia
Vit B3/ niacin
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Symptom of Niacin deficiency described as erythematous fissured plaque on the neck
Casal necklace
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Cofactor in AA metabolism; can cause microcytic anemia; lowered by high-estrogen contraceptives
Vit B6
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Cofactor in carboxylase rxn in AA; deficiency causes alopecia, hypotonia and dermatitis
Biotin
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Characteristic depression of the sternum and the chostochondral junction, sharper than rachitic rosary, found in vit C def
Scorbutic rosary
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Treatment of scurvy
3-4 oz of orange or tomato juice | Vit C supp 100-200 mg PO
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Shelf-life of milk in room temp
4-6 h
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Shelf life of BM in chiller (
3-8 days
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Shelf life of BM in freezer (-18 - -20C)
6-12 mos
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Complementary food feeding starts when?
6 mos
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Adequate weight gain of infant daily when breastfeeding | for the 1st 3 mos
25g/ day
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of diapers wet daily in adequate BM feeding
at least 6 diapers/day (2-3 stools/ day)
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CHON and CHO malnutrition; Old man facies
Marasmus
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Protein malnutrition, presents with edema d/t hypoalbuminemia; lethargic, apathetic
Kwashiorkor
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Streaky red or gray hair in kwashiorkor
hypochromotrichia
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Children
FTT
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Rare complication of extreme exogenous obesity; s/sx: cardioresp distress and hypoventilation, polycythemia
Pickwinian syndrome
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For every 20% excess of ideal BW, the child needs ___ yrs of wt maintenance to attain ideal BW
1.5
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Intestinal lipase inhibitor for children >12 y/o
Orlistat
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Amount of nutrient intake recommended daily
RDA

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