NUTRITION IN PREGNANCY AND LACTATION

Question 1

[T/F]:
EXCESSIVE WEIGHT GAIN IS ONE OF THE BEST PREDICTOR OF PREGNANCY OUTCOME

Answer 1

FALSE

Question 2

[T/F]:
THE CALORIC NEEDS DURING THE FIRST TRIMESTER ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME WITH NON-PREGNANT

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

[T/F]:
THE “EATING FOR TWO” CONCEPT REFERS MORE APPROPRIATELY TO INCREASE NEEDS FOR SUGAR AND FATS

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

[T/F]:
THE PROTEIN INCREASE IN PREGNANCY SHOULD BE PREFERABLY SUPPLIED FROM ANIMAL SOURCES TO FURNISH AMINO ACID IN OPTIMUM COMBINATIONS

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

[T/F]:
ZINC NEED NOT TO BE INCREASED DURING PREGNANCY

Answer 5

FALSE

Question 6

[T/F]:
THE CONCEPT OF FETAL PROGRAMMING RELATES ADULT MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY TO FETAL HEALTH

Answer 6

TRUE

Question 7

[T/F]:
THE REASON WHY AN INFANT SHOULD NOT BE PLACED ON ITS BACK IS BECAUSE THIS SLEEPING POSITION HAD BEEN LINKED TO SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS)

Answer 7

FALSE

Question 8

[T/F]:
ONCE FED, PLACING THE INFANT ON ITS STOMACH IN ORDER TO RELAX IS RECOMMENDED.

Answer 8

FALSE

Question 9

[T/F]:
BECAUSE INFANTS ARE SMALL, THEY NEED SMALLER TOTAL AMOUNTS OF THE NUTRIENTS THAN ADULTS DO.

Answer 9

TRUE

Question 10

[T/F]:
WHEN COMPARISONS ARE BASED ON BODY WEIGHT, INFANTS NEED MORE THAN TWICE AS MUCH OF MANY NUTRIENTS

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

[T/F]:
THE ALLOWABLE INCREASE IN VITAMIN A DURING PREGNANCY IS UP TO 50% BECAUSE OF ITS TERATOGENECITY

Answer 11

FALSE

Question 12

[T/F]:
IN THE STUDY IF STEIN AND ASSOCIATES IN 1972, IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT SEVERE DIETARY DEPRIVATION DURING PREGNANCY CAUSED NO DETECTABLE EFFECTS ON SUBSEQUENT MENTAL PERFORMANCE

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

[T/F]:
RAW FOODS SHOULD BE INCREASED IN THE DIET DURING LACTATION

Answer 13

TRUE

Question 14

[T/F]:
HERBS SUCH AS NETTLE LEAF, NUTS AND SEEDS SHOULD BE INCREASED DURING LACTATION

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

[T/F]:
THE FOLATE AND IRON REQUIREMENTS DURING LACTATION ARE LOWER THAN IN PREGNANCY

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

[T/F]:
THE FOLATE AND IRON REQUIREMENTS DURING LACTATION ARE LOWER THAN IN PREGNANCY

Answer 16

TRUE

Question 17

CONSTIPATION

Answer 17

DRIED FRUITS

Question 18

NAUSEA AND VOMITING

Answer 18

GINGER

Question 19

HEMORRHOIDS

Answer 19

WARM SOAKS AND TOPICAL ANESTHESIA

Question 20

HEARTBURN

Answer 20

AVOID LYING DOWN

Question 21

DECREASE RISK FOR CONGENITAL ANOMALIES

Answer 21

NEITHER INFANT NOR MATERNAL ADVANTAGE OF BREASTFEEDING

Question 22

DECREASE RISK FOR CONGENITAL ANOMALIES

Answer 22

NEITHER INFANT NOR MATERNAL ADVANTAGE OF BREASTFEEDING

Question 23

DECREASE RISK FOR CONGENITAL ANOMALIES

Answer 23

NEITHER INFANT NOR MATERNAL ADVANTAGE OF BREASTFEEDING

Question 24

ESTABLISH HABIT OF EATING IN MODERATION

Answer 24

REFERS TO INFANT ADVANTAGE OF BREASTFEEDING

Question 25

DECREASE RISK FOR OVARIAN AND BREAST CANCERS

Answer 25

REFERS TO MATERNAL ADVANTAGE OF BREASTFEEDING

Question 26

REDUCE RISK OF FOOD ALLERGIES AND INTOLERANCE

Answer 26

REFERS TO INFANT ADVANTAGE OF BREASTFEEDING

Question 27

COLOSTRUM IS RICH IN

Answer 27

IGA

Question 28

RDA FOR PROTEIN DURING PREGNANCY IS

Answer 28

25 GMS/DAY

Question 29

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PARAMETERS IS APPROPRIATE FOR MONITORING GLYCEMIC CONTROL OF PREGNANT WOMEN RECEIVING NUTRITION SUPPORT

Answer 29

SERUM GLUCOSE

Question 30

TYPICALLY, A NURSING MOTHER CAN EASILY PRODUCE THIS AMOUNT OF MILK DAILY

Answer 30

600 ML

Question 30

TYPICALLY, A NURSING MOTHER CAN EASILY PRODUCE THIS AMOUNT OF MILK DAILY

Answer 30

600 ML

Question 30

TYPICALLY, A NURSING MOTHER CAN EASILY PRODUCE THIS AMOUNT OF MILK DAILY

Answer 30

600 ML