unit 3

Question 1

nutritional status ?

Answer 1

the state of a person health in term of the nutrients on his or her diet

there are 4 types of nutrition assessment ABCD:
Anthropometric: the science that defines physical measures of a person size, form, and functional capacities

Biochemical: blood/test , explore chemical processes related to living organism

biophysical: hair, eyes, nails, tongue

Clinical: clinical history and status of a person
-health history
-medical history
-social history
-medication
-socio economic -status
-food availability, accessibility
-knoledge and beliefs

Dietary: choose from various data collection tools to assess nutritional status
-24 hours recall
-3 days food record
-food frequency questionnaire(ffq)
-diet history

Question 2

dietary assesment

Answer 2

make meaningful and accurate interpretation of data on food and drinks over an specific time

• conpare to CFG, food composition table, Canadians nutrient file,

Question 3

nutritonal status - malnutrition

Answer 3

deficiencies or excesses in nutation intake, imbalance of essential nutrients

-undernutrition= insufficient intake of energy and nutrients that do not meets need of an individual to maintain good health

-over-nutrition= excess macro or macronutrients

Question 4

difference between a nutrition assessment and nutritional screening?

Answer 4

nutritional screening determines risk of a problem

nutritional assessment determines presence of a problem

Question 5

how do we evaluate body weight ?

Answer 5

BMI

Distribution fat

Body composition

Question 6

body mass index (BMI) and how to calculate it ?

Answer 6

a measurement representing the body fat by to their height

weight (kg)/height(m)2

BMI values below 18.5 or above 30 have increase of risk heath problems

Question 7

body composition

Answer 7

measurement of body fat and lean muscle mass

can be measurement by:
underwater weighing
skinfold measurement
bioelecritcal impedence analysis
bod pod
dual-energy x-ray absorptiometrical

Question 8

distribution fat

Answer 8

Visceral fat(apple shape)
adipose tissue around abdominal organs
-more metabolically active
-associated with higher chronic desease risk
-upper body

Subcutaneous fat(pear shape) : adipose tissue under the skin ex: hips and legs
-no health risk
-lower body

Question 9

basal metabolic rate( BMR)

Answer 9

energy expended to maintain basal, or resting, functions of the body
-60-70% of total energy expenditure
-more lean tissue increases your bmr
-bmr decrease with age, 3-5% per decade after 30

Question 10

factor that increase bmr

Answer 10

-higher lean body mass
-greater height
-young age
-elevated levels of thyroid hormone
-stress,fever, illness
-male gender
-pregnancy and lactation

Question 11

factors that decrease bmr

Answer 11

-lower lean body mass
-lower height
-older age
-depressed level of thyroid hormone
-starvation or fasting
-female gender