Nutritional Deficiency Quiz

What is the source of energy needed for all human processes?

What are the four main components of food that contain nutrients?

What are the two categories of nutrients?

A balanced diet is important for good health.

What is nutritional inadequacy?

What is nutritional deficiency?

What are some examples of diseases that nutritional deficiency can lead to?

Which of the following are environmental factors that can contribute to malnutrition?

What are some examples of nutritional biomarkers?

What are some examples of conditions that can be caused by macronutrient deficiency?

Preventing micronutrient deficiency is crucial and can be achieved through food-based approaches and supplementation.

What is the focus of UNICEF's nutrition strategies 2020-2030?

The 2020 conceptual framework for maternal and child nutrition builds on UNICEF's 1990 conceptual work.

What are the three burdens of malnutrition that UNICEF's framework addresses?

UNICEF Nepal reported that 32% of children under 5 years of age are stunted.

12% of children under 5 years of age in Nepal are wasted.

Only 40% of children aged 6 to 23 months in Nepal receive diversified diets.

53% of children under 5 years of age and 69% of children aged 6 to 23 months in Nepal suffer from anemia.

44% of adolescent girls, 46% of pregnant women, and 41% of women of reproductive age in Nepal suffer from anemia.

A typical diet in Nepal is high in protein and other micronutrients.

Which of the following are commonly found in foods with carbohydrates?

Carbohydrate deficiency occurs when the body does not receive enough carbohydrates to meet its requirements.

What is the name of the condition that occurs when the carbohydrates are insufficient to meet the body's requirements?

What is hypoglycemia?

Carbohydrates are essential for brain function.

Which of the following is NOT a common symptom of carbohydrate deficiency?

Fiber is essential for digestive health.

Excessive carbohydrate restriction can lead to unhealthy and unintended weight loss.

What is the recommended daily calorie intake from carbohydrates?

The body converts all carbohydrates into glucose.

What is the name of the condition when the body does not have enough carbohydrates to produce energy?

Mild ketosis can cause nausea, headache, and smelly breath.

The recommended daily intake of carbohydrates is 130 grams.

Simple carbohydrates are quickly utilized by the body for energy.

Complex carbohydrates are digested more slowly than simple carbohydrates.

Foods with a high glycemic index cause a rapid rise in blood sugar.

Foods with a low glycemic index are digested more slowly, causing a gradual rise in blood sugar.

Eating too much hypoglycemic food can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes.

A low glycemic index diet may help control type 2 diabetes and improve weight loss.

Refined grains have a higher glycemic index than whole grains.

Finely ground grains are digested more slowly than coarsely ground grains.

Ripe fruits and vegetables have a lower glycemic index than unripe fruits.

Foods with higher fat or acid content are converted more slowly into sugar.

A glycemic load of 20 or more is considered low, 11 to 19 is medium, and 10 or under is high.

A low glycemic load diet is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes.

Which of the following is NOT a food source with a low glycemic load?

Which of the following is NOT a food source with a medium glycemic load?

Hypoproteinemia means someone is not getting enough protein to meet their body's needs or requirements.

Protein deficiency is a serious concern in our country, especially in children.

Protein deficiency can lead to malnutrition.

What are two examples of malnutrition conditions caused by protein deficiency?

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is a term used to describe clinical disorders resulting from varying degrees of protein and energy deficiency.

Which of the following is NOT a condition that can contribute to protein deficiency?

Very low protein intake can lead to weak muscle tone, edema, thin brittle hair, skin lesions, and in adults loss of muscle mass.

Which of the following is NOT a symptom of protein deficiency in children?

More than 90% of children affected by Kwashiorkor had diets deficient in protein when it was first described in 1935.

The name Kwashiorkor comes from the language in Ghana and means "rejected one."

Kwashiorkor is characterized by swelling in the feet and abdomen, poor skin health, growth retardation, low muscle mass, and liver malfunction.

Protein is essential for fluid balance in the body.

A diet extremely low in protein does not provide enough amino acids for albumin.

The primary symptoms of Kwashiorkor include only swelling.

Kwashiorkor is caused by severe dietary protein deficiency.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of Kwashiorkor?

What is Marasmus?

Marasmus causes visible wasting of fat and muscles under the skin.

Marasmus primarily affects children, especially infants.

Marasmus can affect adults who live alone and find it difficult to prepare food and care for themselves.

Marasmus can affect older adults who have not eaten healthfully over some months or years.

When the body is deprived of energy from food, it begins to feed on its tissue, first adipose tissues, body fat, and then muscles.

Marasmus can lead to cardiac activities slowing down, causing low heart rate, low blood pressure, and low body temperature.

Marasmus can lead to heart failure.

Marasmus can compromise the immune system, making it more vulnerable to infection and illness.

Children with chronic Marasmus will not have the physical resources to grow and develop as they should.

Children with chronic Marasmus may be stunted in size and have developmental delays or intellectual disabilities.

These effects can be lasting even in children who receive treatment.

Parts of the digestive system also begin to weaken from the lack of use due to Marasmus.

The main causes of malnutrition include poverty and food scarcity, wasting diseases such as AIDS, infections that cause chronic diarrhea, and anorexia.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of malnutrition in children?

Which of the following is NOT a cause of malnutrition in elders?

A visible wasting of fat and muscle is a sign of Marasmus.

Prominent skeleton is a sign of Marasmus.

Dry loose skin is a sign of Marasmus.

Dry brittle hair or hair loss is a sign of Marasmus.

Lethargy and weakness are signs of Marasmus.

A weight loss of more than 40% is a sign of Marasmus.

A BMI (body mass index) below 16% is a sign of Marasmus.

Which of the following is NOT a complication of Marasmus?

A slow heart rate is a complication of Marasmus.

Low body temperature is a complication of Marasmus.

Gastrointestinal malabsorption is a complication of Marasmus.

Stunted growth is a complication of Marasmus.

Developmental delays are a complication of Marasmus.

Marasmic Kwashiorkor is the third form of protein energy malnutrition.

A child suffering from Marasmic Kwashiorkor weighs less than 60% of the expected weight for his age and has edema.

Features of both Marasmus and Kwashiorkor are present in different degrees of severity in Marasmic Kwashiorkor.

Children weighing less than 60% despite having edema are in great danger of dying from various complications.

Children with Marasmic Kwashiorkor need urgent attention and treatment.

People in treatment for Marasmus are at risk of refeeding syndrome, a life-threatening complication that can result when the undernourished body tries to reboot too fast.