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NUTRITION
NUTRITION
Cultural Competence Restrictions
-Buddhism: All meats, Alcohol, Pungent Spices (garlic, onion and chives)
-Catholicism: Meats on Ash Wednesdays and Friday during Good Friday, Alcohol
-Hinduism: Lacto-Vegetariansim, Alcohol, Intoxicating Substances, Garlic, Onions, Spicy Foods
-Islam: All Pork Products, Alcohol, Coffee, Tea, Food and Beverages before Sunset during
Ramadan
Nutrition Screening
A quick and easy way to identify individuals at nutritional risk such as those with weight loss,
inadequate food intake, or recent illness.
24-Hour Recall (also memory test)
The individual or family member completes a questionnaire or is interviewed ad asked to recall
everything eaten withing the last 24 hours
Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR)
, -Assesses Body Fat Distribution as an Indicator of Health Risk
-Android Obesity: People with greater proportion of fat in upper body, especially in abdomen.
-Gynoid Obesity: Persons with most of fat in hips and thighs.
Laboratory Studies
Best routinely performed laboratory indicators of nutritional status
•Hemoglobin
•Hematocrit
•Cholesterol
•Triglycerides
•Total lymphocyte count
Serial Assessment
-To monitor nutritional status in malnourished individuals or in individuals at risk for
malnutrition
-At a minimum, weight and dietary intake should be evaluated weekly
Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition)
-Caused by severe protein deficiency
-Symptoms: loss of appetite and growth is stunted, stomach usually protrudes out, bulging
eyes, legs become long and curved, skin may become dark and peel off, moon face
-Serum Albumin <3.5g/dL
-Weight >=100% standard for height
CORRECT ANSWERS!
NUTRITION
NUTRITION
Cultural Competence Restrictions
-Buddhism: All meats, Alcohol, Pungent Spices (garlic, onion and chives)
-Catholicism: Meats on Ash Wednesdays and Friday during Good Friday, Alcohol
-Hinduism: Lacto-Vegetariansim, Alcohol, Intoxicating Substances, Garlic, Onions, Spicy Foods
-Islam: All Pork Products, Alcohol, Coffee, Tea, Food and Beverages before Sunset during
Ramadan
Nutrition Screening
A quick and easy way to identify individuals at nutritional risk such as those with weight loss,
inadequate food intake, or recent illness.
24-Hour Recall (also memory test)
The individual or family member completes a questionnaire or is interviewed ad asked to recall
everything eaten withing the last 24 hours
Waist-to-Hip Ratio (WHR)
, -Assesses Body Fat Distribution as an Indicator of Health Risk
-Android Obesity: People with greater proportion of fat in upper body, especially in abdomen.
-Gynoid Obesity: Persons with most of fat in hips and thighs.
Laboratory Studies
Best routinely performed laboratory indicators of nutritional status
•Hemoglobin
•Hematocrit
•Cholesterol
•Triglycerides
•Total lymphocyte count
Serial Assessment
-To monitor nutritional status in malnourished individuals or in individuals at risk for
malnutrition
-At a minimum, weight and dietary intake should be evaluated weekly
Kwashiorkor (protein malnutrition)
-Caused by severe protein deficiency
-Symptoms: loss of appetite and growth is stunted, stomach usually protrudes out, bulging
eyes, legs become long and curved, skin may become dark and peel off, moon face
-Serum Albumin <3.5g/dL
-Weight >=100% standard for height
