CNUR 103 PRACTICE QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What is ideal body weight (IBW)?
Answer: Optimal weight recommended for health
◉ Why is Body Mass Index (BMI) controversial?
Answer: It should not be used as the sole measure of healthy
weight
◉ Anthropometry
Answer: Measurement of body size and composition
◉ Examples of anthropometric measurements?
Answer: Weight, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, skinfold thickness,
underwater weighing.
◉ What can urinalysis reveal about nutrition?
Answer: Hydration status, protein levels, glucose presence.
◉ Protein requirement for older adults?
Answer: 1-1.2 g/kg body weight.
, ◉ Which vitamins prevent cognitive decline in older adults?
Answer: B6, B12, folate.
◉ Common mineral deficiency in older adults?
Answer: Zinc
◉ What is nausea?
Answer: Feeling of sickness with urge to vomit.
◉ clear fluid diet
Answer: chicken broth, tea, soda
◉ pureed diet
Answer: food that do not require chewing
◉ soft/low-residue diet
Answer: sometimes referred to low fibre diet
◉ diabetic diet
Answer: recommended by Canadian diabetes association
◉ sodium-restricted diet
Answer: low levels of sodium
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
◉ What is ideal body weight (IBW)?
Answer: Optimal weight recommended for health
◉ Why is Body Mass Index (BMI) controversial?
Answer: It should not be used as the sole measure of healthy
weight
◉ Anthropometry
Answer: Measurement of body size and composition
◉ Examples of anthropometric measurements?
Answer: Weight, BMI, waist-to-hip ratio, skinfold thickness,
underwater weighing.
◉ What can urinalysis reveal about nutrition?
Answer: Hydration status, protein levels, glucose presence.
◉ Protein requirement for older adults?
Answer: 1-1.2 g/kg body weight.
, ◉ Which vitamins prevent cognitive decline in older adults?
Answer: B6, B12, folate.
◉ Common mineral deficiency in older adults?
Answer: Zinc
◉ What is nausea?
Answer: Feeling of sickness with urge to vomit.
◉ clear fluid diet
Answer: chicken broth, tea, soda
◉ pureed diet
Answer: food that do not require chewing
◉ soft/low-residue diet
Answer: sometimes referred to low fibre diet
◉ diabetic diet
Answer: recommended by Canadian diabetes association
◉ sodium-restricted diet
Answer: low levels of sodium
