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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?

To estimate lean tissue mass (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the limitation of anthropometric measurements?

It is not a quantitative measure of nutritional status (C) Signup and view all the answers

What are the components of nutritional assessment?

History, physical examination, and laboratory tests (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

To detect nutritional health and inadequacies (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of a head circumference measurement?

It is a good index of brain growth (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

It serves as a general index of nutritional status (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a limitation of anthropometric measurements?

They can only detect abnormalities that result in measurable changes in body size or proportion (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

To identify primary factors contributing to malnutrition (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is a common physical sign of zinc deficiency?

Taste abnormality (D) Signup and view all the answers

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