Potpourri
The percentage of key nutrients that must be provided in each meal the National School Lunch Program sponsors
What is 33%
A person is considered obese with a BMI at or above this number.
What is 30?
There are several risk factors (infection for one) associated with this method of losing weight.
What is bariatric surgery?
A person having a planned surgery needs to increase their intake of this macro nutrient.
What is protein?
A person who underwent surgery of the gut would most likely be fed be this method.
What is parenteral nutrition?
This is defined as an uncertain availability of safe or adequate food
What is food insecurity?
This is how many daily calories a person must reduce in their normal diet to lose a pound.
Persons with congestive heart failure should avoid excessive intake of this micro-nutrient.
What is sodium?
A person who has undergone a gastric bypass surgery for weight reduction might have this condition after surgery, especially following a large intake of refined sugar.
What is the dumping syndrome?
This is a plasma protein from a blood test used to assess nutritional status
What is albumin?
This seems to be the underlying pathologic process in coronary heart disease
What is plaque buildup in the coronary arteries?
Chosing small portion sizes is a healthy way to achieve this.
What is a weight reduction diet?
Stunted growth in children under two can be related to this
What is malnutrition?
This is the function of the gallbladder.
What is concentrating and storing bile?
What macro-nutrient is needed to provide support during exercise?
What is a carbohydrate?
This is what a patient’s blood pressure reading that is 150/92 mm Hg. would be considered.
What is Stage I Hypertension?
This is a common factor in many people who have gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).
What is obesity?
Aerobic capacity is related to these two organs.
What are the lungs and the heart?
A person who has their gallbladder removed may need to limit their intake of this macro nutrient.
What is fat?
This is one of the main dietary considerations for those with diverticulosis.
What is a diet high in fiber?
This is what an infarct in a major artery supplying the brain results in.
What is a CVA (or stroke)?
After administering an epi-pen to a person having an anaphylactic food allergy reaction this should be the next thing done
What is calling 911?
This condition can happen to people who drink unsafe drinking water. It kills 2.2 million people globally each year, mostly children in developing countries.
What is diarrhea?
This is an inflammatory disease of the bowel that has "skip lesions."
What is Crohn's Disease?
In the U.S. the most common food allergen is
Peanuts