WGU C787 NUTRITION COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Calcium deficiency can cause what?
Answer: Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
●● Foods high in calcium
Answer: Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines,
soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli, cream of wheat
●● Food sources of phosphorous
Answer: High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and
fish
●● High sodium=
Answer: Low potassium
●● Avoid what while increasing sodium?
Answer: k+ foods
●● Food sources of potassium
,Answer: Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach,
avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney beans
●● Food sources of magnesium
Answer: Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach, oats
●● Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
Answer: Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
●● Foods high in sodium
Answer: Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and dressing
and condiments
●● What increases iron absorption?
Answer: Vitamin C
●● Sources of iron
Answer: Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green leafy
veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
●● Food sources for folate vitamin B9
, Answer: Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey
liver, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat
Quaker cereals
●● Iodine deficiencies are
Answer: Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism
●● Sources of iodine
Answer: Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt
●● Food sources of zinc
Answer: Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs, meat, yogurt, soybeans,
legumes, whole grains
●● Vitamin A is for
Answer: Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol for vision
●● Food sources of vitamin a
Answer: Fish oil, carrots, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, yams,
pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg yolks, and butter, cream, milk
●● Vitamin K is for
Answer: KALE
EXAM STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
●● Calcium deficiency can cause what?
Answer: Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
●● Foods high in calcium
Answer: Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines,
soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli, cream of wheat
●● Food sources of phosphorous
Answer: High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and
fish
●● High sodium=
Answer: Low potassium
●● Avoid what while increasing sodium?
Answer: k+ foods
●● Food sources of potassium
,Answer: Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach,
avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney beans
●● Food sources of magnesium
Answer: Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach, oats
●● Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
Answer: Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
●● Foods high in sodium
Answer: Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and dressing
and condiments
●● What increases iron absorption?
Answer: Vitamin C
●● Sources of iron
Answer: Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green leafy
veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
●● Food sources for folate vitamin B9
, Answer: Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey
liver, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat
Quaker cereals
●● Iodine deficiencies are
Answer: Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism
●● Sources of iodine
Answer: Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt
●● Food sources of zinc
Answer: Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs, meat, yogurt, soybeans,
legumes, whole grains
●● Vitamin A is for
Answer: Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol for vision
●● Food sources of vitamin a
Answer: Fish oil, carrots, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, yams,
pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg yolks, and butter, cream, milk
●● Vitamin K is for
Answer: KALE
