Proteins
Two ways to increase muscle mass
What is a high protein diet and and resistance training?
This program, under the US Department of Health and Human Services has a goal of improving the health of all Americans while eliminating health disparities.
What is Healthy People 2030?
A reported BMI of 42 is considered this
What is extreme obesity?
These function to provide structure to body tissues and to regulate body processes such as fluid balance, muscle contraction and nerve cell transmission
What are minerals?
Common food sources for this type of fatty acid are animals, dairy, egg yolk, palm or coconut oil
What are saturated fatty acids?
This has the greatest impact on food habits for those who follow one
What is Religion?
This is recommended as the exclusive feeding method for the first six months of infancy.
What is breastfeeding?
What are complete proteins?
Your patient has Congestive heart failure and hypertension, which therapeutic diet will be best for her?
What is a Sodium Restricted diet?
This eating pattern is higher in seafood and has much less dairy than the US eating pattern
What is the Mediterranean eating pattern?
This vitamin should be taken in moderation with anticoagulants (blood thinners)
What is Vitamin K?
A patient on a low calorie diet is noted to have ketones in her urine. As the nurse, you recognize the cause as this factor.
What is not enough carbohyrdates?
In terms of pesticides, foods such as apples, potatoes and strawberries are part of this group.
What is the dirty dozen?
The age at which solid foods can be introduced
What is six months?
This essential building block of protein must be consumed in the diet.
What is an essential amino acid?
This diet includes items such as broth, fruit juices, gelatin, popsicles and tea
What is a clear liquid diet?
When is the BMI not a good predictor of future health concerns?
What is when the patient has a high muscle mass?
This vitamin is generally lacking in vegans, but they can get it by eating fortified foods
What is B12?
Adding back nutrients that were lost during processing is called
What is enriched?
Ingestion of toxins produced by bacteria in food before it is eaten is called
What is bacterial food poisoning/food-borne illness?
This public health issue in children has more than doubled over the past three decades
What is childhood obesity?
Body structure, Fluid balance, wound healing, fuel for the body, acid-base balance, and transport of molecules are all the function of what nutrient
What are proteins?
This represents the average daily recommended intake level sufficient to meet the nutrient levels of most healthy individuals.
What is RDA?
When the amount of calories exceeds the amount of energy expenditure, it results in this
What is weight gain?
Sweet potatoes (with skin), bananas, avocados and apricots are all foods containing this major electrolyte/mineral
What is potassium?
This is a polysaccharide that cannot be digested and absorbed by the small intestine. It can be insoluble or soluble, helps with gastric emptying and speeds intestinal transit time by adding bulk to feces.
What is fiber?
This is one of the most common pathogens to cause foodborne illness. Hand sanitizer does not work on this pathogen.
What is norovirus?
Foods such as popcorn, grapes and hot dogs should not be given to young children because they are considered this
What is a choking hazard?
Protein needs increase in these situations
This refers to foods rich in nutrients but lower in calories
What is a nutrient dense food?
With this more invasive type of feeding, nutrients enter directly through the GI tract not orally
What is enteral feeding?
Vitamins A,D,E, and K are classified as this
What are fat soluble vitamins?
Deficiency of this vitamin that is mainly provided by the sun, can lead to autoimmune disease, rickets in children, cognitive decline, and depression. Its main function is to maintain normal blood concentrations of calcium and phosphorous.
What is Vitamin D?
These are regulated by the FDA, require serving sizes and % daily value based on scientific evidence, list added sugars, and include calories as well as serving sizes in bold type.
What are Nutrition Facts labels?
This is a key factor in determining childhood nutritional status
What is home environment/family dietary habits.
Best seafood choices include white fish (such as cod), lobster, clams, shrimp, salmon and other smaller fish because they contain less of this neurotoxin
What is mercury?
This is responsible for most deaths in the US. Modifiable risk factors include smoking, diet, alcohol intake and physical activity.
What is chronic disease?
This percentage of Americans consumes a diet low in fruits, vegetables, and dairy
What is 80%?
Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, sodium, potassium and chloride are all classified as this..
What are major minerals?
The primary function of fat in the body
What is to provide fuel?
This type of food biotechnology combines plant science with genetics. They have been found to be generally not harmful.
What is genetically engineered or genetically modified?
These are the two minerals that work inversely to balance blood pressure
What are sodium and potassium?
These foods are rich in protein but less expensive than meat
What are legumes (beans, lentils, peas)?
This graphic illustration and website created by the Department of Agriculture is intended to help consumers achieve healthier eating patterns.
What is MyPlate?
These four modifiable risk factors can significantly impact health
What are smoking, physical activity, diet, and alcohol consumption?
These do not provide energy but are needed for energy metabolism
What are vitamins?
Adding nutrients to a food that would not normally be present in that particular food or only present in small amounts is called
What is fortified?
A type of health claim supported by significant scientific agreement
What is unqualified health claim?
A key risk factor for malnutrition in older adults
What is loss of appetite/Alzheimer's/living alone/loss of teeth
The number of calories found in one gram of protein
What is four?
Inadequate calorie intake is one of the criteria in this common and often unrecognized problem in hospitalized patients and the elderly
What is malnutrition?
Quality of foods influences total calorie intake, but so does this important factor
What is portion size?
What is iron?
These types of fats are found in plant sources such as olives, avocados, and most nuts. When substituted with saturated fatty acids, they may lower risk of cardiac disease
What are Monounsaturated fatty acids?
Asking about what types of foods, herbs or home remedies your Korean patient uses can help determine the level of this
What is dietary acculturation?
An elderly patient with high blood pressure states that she eats a lot of processed foods. You advise discontinuing this practice because processed foods have an excess of this...
What is sodium?