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Chapter 14
Nutrition
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most widespread defficicency | Iron |
| School lunches | provides 1/3 daily diet |
| Increases with age | Vitamin A absorption |
| Suffers more from vitamin D & B 12 defficience | older people |
| Cataracs and macular degeneration | associated with low fruit & veg. intakes |
| nutrient changes throughout life depends upon | rate of growth, gender, activities |
| time of infant appetitie decrease, which line up with reduced growth rate | first birthday |
| one year old caloric intake | 800 |
| 6 year old's intake | 1600 |
| child's daily iron needs | 7-10 miligrams |
| when needs for nutrients become the greatest, except for durring pregnancy | adolecense |
| Constitutes 1/4 of teenagers total energy intake | snacks |
| iron and calcium in teens | usually low |
| U.S. life expectancy | 80 for white women, 75 for men |
| Essential for brain functioning | carbs |
| less common in adults compared to teens | iron |
| common defficency in elderly whose symptoms diminish taste | zinc |
| concern for alzheimer's patient | weight loss |
| 2 factors for malnutrition | alcohol abuse, excessive meds |
| anaphylactic shock | whole-boy allergeic reaction to an offending substance |
| histimine | causes inflamation, produced in response to an antigen |
| Children who watch t.v | overweight, poor concentration, short attention span, lower test scores, tardy or absent |
| reason for weight gain w/ increasing age | active cells in the organs decrease, lean tisue diminishes w/ lower rates of activity |
| Included in school lunches | milk, veg., protien, fruits, bread or grain |
| 2 components of allergies | antibodies or symptoms |
| most allergic foods | milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, shellfish, fish |
| deficiencies that enhance lead apsorption | iron, calcium, zinc, vit. C & D |
| LACKING IN ELDERLY DIET | iron, calcium, zinc |
| factore affecting physiological age | little or no alcohol use, regular meals, weight control, adaquate sleep, no smoking, regular activity |
| young childern's requirements | 2 servings milk, 2 servings meat, 6 bread, 2 fruit, 3 veg. |
| Fiber requirements for young & old | same |
| older adults vit. A & D needs as compared to kids | LOWER vit. A, HIGHER vit. D |
| Aspirin and anemia | speeds up blood loss from stomach as much as 10 times |
| Women +35 and birth control pill | raises total triglyceride and cholesterol, lowers hdl |
| moderate coffee intake | 2 small cups daily |
| To get kids to eat veg. | bright colors, easy to eat |
| prevention of lead toxicity in kids | reduce the exposure |
| Does NOT worsen acne | chocolate & sugar |
| Black men life expectancy | 68 years |
| may improve arthritis | low fat |
| Senior Nutrition Program | meals on wheels |
| internal appetite regulation in children | assures regular eating for various stages of growth |
| Used to determine proper fiber intake | add 5 to age |
| kids iron needs | 10 milligrams per day |
| juice consumption and childhood obesity | NOT correlated |
| Most changes in the human diet | 12 - 24 months |
| kids iron needs in range | 7 - 10 mil. |
| percent of kids w/ diagnosed food allergies | 3-5% |
| epinephrine | prevents allergic reactin |
| related to food allergies or adverse reactions | food aversions |
| metabolic events in PMS | BMR durring sleep speeds up, appetite and caloric intake increases by 300 calories |
| physical changes that effect nutrition in older adults | reduced stomach cid, loosing teeth |
| effect of antacids | reduce iron absorption, increase calcium excretion |