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pernicious anemia - correct answer ✔a form of anemia that is the primary cause of a vitamin B12 deficiency; occurs at the end stage of a disorder that causes the loss of certain cells in the stomach
Remodeling - correct answer ✔breakdown and buildup of bone tissue
What is pellagra the deficiency of - correct answer ✔Niacin Vit B
components of blood - correct answer ✔plasma, platelets, white blood cells, red blood cells
keep cold at this temp or below - correct answer ✔41 or below
micronutrient that is important for bone formation - correct answer ✔calcium
What is body mass index (BMI)? - correct answer ✔ratio of weight (kg) to height (m) to determine if a person is at a healthy weight
Function of Vitamin D - correct answer ✔-Helps absorb calcium
-Keeps teeth and bones strong
-Found in dairy products and eggs
Numbers for BMI - correct answer ✔underweight less than 18.
normal 18.5-24.
⪛⪴⪴⪷⪱⪘ ⪞⪴⪸εΘΙΙμλΜιΙππππ ιΤΜΜτλμτΧ⪛⪴⪴⪷ ⪱⪘⪞⪴⪸ε ΘΙΙμλΜιΙππππ ιΤΜΜτλμτΧ
overweight 25-
obese greater than 30
microorganisms that commonly cause food infections - correct answer ✔bacteria and viruses
What is beriberi? - correct answer ✔deficiency of thiamin resulting in muscle wasting and nerve damage
Vitamin B - correct answer ✔Thiamin Pantothenic Acid Biotin
basal metabolic rate (BMR) - correct answer ✔the rate at which the body burns energy when the organism is resting
vitamin k - correct answer ✔blood clotting vitamin
magnesium absorption is reduced with what nutrients - correct answer ✔phytate/ wheat bran and dried beans fiber excess unabsorbed acids calciums and phosphorus
What is osteomalacia? - correct answer ✔softening of the bones, typically through a deficiency of vitamin D or calcium.
low levels of calcium symptoms - correct answer ✔numbness muscle spasms seizures confusion cardiac arrest
Calcium is best absorbed with: - correct answer ✔Vitamin D
Iodine and thyroid function - correct answer ✔take iodine found in many foods and convert it into thyroid hormones t3 and t4 thyroid cells are the only cells that can absorb iodine they make t3 and t
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Riboflavin sources - correct answer ✔Milk products; enriched, fortified, or whole grain products; liver
Potassium sources - correct answer ✔fruits and vegetables
who is at risk for high phosphorus levels - correct answer ✔those with kidney disease
Iron sources - correct answer ✔Red meats, fish, poultry, shellfish, eggs, legumes, dried fruits
kidneys and calcium metabolism - correct answer ✔vit d parathyroid hormones calcitonin hormones that control
Vit D sources - correct answer ✔-exposure to sunlight
-fortified dairy products
Vit K deficiency - correct answer ✔bleeding easy bruising
What is calcitonin? - correct answer ✔a hormone secreted by the thyroid that has the effect of lowering blood calcium
Iodine containing hormones - correct answer ✔regulate metabolic rate
Functions of B6 - correct answer ✔-enzyme needed in amino acid and fatty acid metabolism
-converts tryptophan to niacin and serotonin
-helps make RBC's
⪛⪴⪴⪷⪱⪘ ⪞⪴⪸εΘΙΙμλΜιΙππππ ιΤΜΜτλμτΧ⪛⪴⪴⪷ ⪱⪘⪞⪴⪸ε ΘΙΙμλΜιΙππππ ιΤΜΜτλμτΧ
Ways to prevent hypertension - correct answer ✔maintain a healthy weight
eat a balanced diet
exercise regularly
limit alcohol
monitor bp
Thiamine deficiencies signs and symptoms - correct answer ✔ • disease of the peripheral nerves (beriberi),
- Gastrointestinal system: anorexia, constipation, gastric atony, poor hydrochloric acid secretion - Nervous syst em: Nerve activity is impaired, alertness and reflex responses are diminished, fatigue - Cardiovascular: The heart weakens ( leads to heart failure and edema of the lower extremities) - musculoskeletal system: not enough thiamine in the tissues results in chronic pain
bodies response to food Bourne microbes - correct answer ✔vomiting fever and aches and diarrhea
Fat use in exercise - correct answer ✔- In initial hour of exercise, fat contributes approximately 50% of energy needs
After 3 hours of exercise, fat contributes up to 70% of energy needs
25 to 30 % calories are broken down to fatty acids in adipose tissue for energy
Toddler's macronutrients: - correct answer ✔Estimated energy requirement is kcal/day= (89*weight(kg)-100)+20, 30-40% of total kcal from fat, 1.1 grams of protein per kg body weight, 130 grams carbohydrates per day and 14 grams fiber per 1,000kcal/day.
