ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Calorie Requirements: Birth -6 months - CORRECT ANSWER - 120kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 7mo - 1 year - CORRECT ANSWER - 100kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: 2 - 10 years - CORRECT ANSWER - 100 to 70 kcal/kg/day
Calorie Requirements: adolescents - CORRECT ANSWER - 45 kcal/kg/day
Breast feeding benefits - CORRECT ANSWER - · Perfect food; cannot be duplicated
· Decreases illness in infants
· Maternal antibodies are transferred to infants
· Decreased GI problems such as GERD
· Decreases allergies as it contains anti-inflammatory agents
· Breastfeeding during painful procedures provides analgesia
· The longer the mom breastfeeds, the less chance of the child to be overweight independent of
education and socioeconomic status
Recommended time to exclusive breast feed - CORRECT ANSWER - 6 months and feed
on demand
· Adequate nutrition confirmed by weight gain up to 3 months - CORRECT ANSWER -o
30 g/day (1 oz/day) for the first 3 months
o Gain of 15-20 g/day during subsequent 3 months
, · Vitamin Supplementation - CORRECT ANSWER - o Vitamin D (400 IU per day at 2
months of age to adolescence
o Vitamin B12 for breastfeeding mothers who are strict vegetarians
Iron supplementation - CORRECT ANSWER - o For exclusively breast-fed infants:
approximately 1 mg/kg/day of iron is recommended after 6 months of age
o Bottle feeding should contain iron supplementation
o Ideally iron should come from fortified cereals
o Elemental iron supplements can be given if iron intake from diet is not adequate
· Fluoride Supplementation - CORRECT ANSWER - o Supplements only when local
water supply is less than 0.3 parts per million (ppm)
o Supplementation first 6 months of life
Initial weight loss after birth - CORRECT ANSWER - 10%
Initial weight loss regained when - CORRECT ANSWER - within 7-14 days
Weight should double by when - CORRECT ANSWER - 5-6 months old
Weight should triple by when - CORRECT ANSWER - 1 year of age
Weight should quadruple by when - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 years of age
Weight gain for 3 year old - school age - CORRECT ANSWER - 4-6 pounds per year
Weight gain for school age children - CORRECT ANSWER - 5-7 pounds per year