Nutritional Status Assessment
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What is the primary goal of maintaining optimal health?

  • To avoid nutritional disorders
  • To prevent the loss of nutrients
  • To maintain adequate tissue levels of essential nutrients (correct)
  • To minimize clinical complications
  • What is the main cause of nutritional disorders?

  • Ineffective dietary evaluation
  • Inadequate anthropometric measurements
  • Lack of nutritional therapy
  • Imbalance between nutrient requirements and supply (correct)
  • What is the primary purpose of nutritional assessment?

  • To assess the risk of clinical complications
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of nutritional therapy
  • To develop a plan for nutritional care (correct)
  • To diagnose different diseases
  • What is anthropometric measurements used for in nutritional assessment?

    <p>To estimate lean tissue mass</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the limitation of anthropometric measurements?

    <p>It is not a quantitative measure of nutritional status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the components of nutritional assessment?

    <p>History, physical examination, and laboratory tests</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of monitoring weight and length in infants and young children?

    <p>To detect nutritional health and inadequacies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of a head circumference measurement?

    <p>It is a good index of brain growth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of a mid-arm muscle circumference (MAC) measurement?

    <p>It serves as a general index of nutritional status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a limitation of anthropometric measurements?

    <p>They can only detect abnormalities that result in measurable changes in body size or proportion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of a dietary history in a clinical evaluation of malnutrition?

    <p>To identify primary factors contributing to malnutrition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common physical sign of zinc deficiency?

    <p>Taste abnormality</p> Signup and view all the answers

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