Disordered Eating
This DSM-5 diagnosis involves binge eating with compensatory behaviors.
What is bulimia nervosa?
GFR stands for ______.
What is glomerular filtration rate?
This diet is low in fiber and used during IBD flares.
What is a low-residue diet?
This term describes severe metabolic wasting in cancer.
What is cachexia?
Providing nutrition through the GI tract using a feeding tube is called ____.
What is enteral nutrition?
meal plan, food variety, macro & micronutrients, weight gain, normalize relationship with food
What are the roles of the RDN as part of an eating disorder treatment team.
Dialysis is typically considered when GFR drops below this number.
What is 15 mL/min?
A key nutrition strategy for GERD is avoiding lying down for ____ hours after eating.
2–3 hours.
Name one goal of nutrition therapy in cancer.
Maintain weight, preserve lean body mass, manage symptoms.
This type of feeding delivers large volumes several times per day.
What is bolus feeding?
A complication that can happen when someone who has been malnourished begins feeding again.
What is refeeding syndrome?
This mineral must often be restricted in CKD to avoid hyperkalemia.
What is potassium?
This autoimmune condition requires complete removal of gluten.
What is celiac disease?
Taste changes and metallic taste can be managed by using this type of eating utensil.
What is plastic silverware?
This feeding method delivers nutrition slowly over 24 hours using a pump or gravity.
What is continuous?
This therapy exposes individuals to feared foods while preventing compensatory behaviors.
What is ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention)?
Name one high-oxalate food.
Spinach, beets, almonds, rhubarb, etc.
IBS symptoms often improve when a patient increases this type of nutrient to promote regularity.
What is fiber?
Explain why small frequent meals may be beneficial for someone undergoing chemotherapy.
Helps with early satiety, nausea, and poor appetite.
Name one reason older adults may have decreased intake.
Poor dentition, medications, decreased appetite, dysphagia, etc.
Name one biological and one social risk factor for eating disorder development.
Various acceptable answers (example: genetics; societal thin ideal).
It binds oxalate in the gut, reducing absorption.
What is calcium.
Give two nutrition strategies for someone with ill-fitting dentures.
Soft/moist foods, minced meats, smoothies, etc.
Name one way nutrition can reduce cancer risk.
High fruit/vegetable intake, lower processed meats, high fiber, etc.
Explain how ASD can contribute to ARFID.
Sensory sensitivity, rigid routines, fear of aversive consequences, etc.