GERONTOLOGY NUTRITION TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE

Nutrition screening correct answer: Process of identifying characterisics known to be associated with nutrition problems. Determine Your Nutritional Health Form correct answer: NSI developed, 1991. Eval for those requesting assistance from OAA programs. Level I Screen correct answer: Furthe...

T/F: the MyPlate requirements are the same for younger and older adults? correct answer: T The reduced olfactory sense leads to what? correct answer: Decreased ability to perceive different tastes and smells The lost of taste is being evaluated as one of the first signs of what two chronic c...

Smell and Taste Chapter 7 The quality of the sensory information can influence whether or not we choose to ingest a food or beverage correct answer: Aroma can stimulate our appetite Appealing oral sensations from foods and beverages can stimulate us to eat more crunchy and chewy Nutrition...

basal metabolic rate correct answer: -energy needed to maintain life-sustaining activities for a specific period of time at rest -BMR goes up when you have a fever, tissues need to heal, protein and vitamin C BMI correct answer: - body mass index - Wt/Ht^2 - metabolic syndrome more likely...

Inadequate dietary intake Associated with: correct answer: Social isolation Limited ability to purchase food Chronic disease and medications Malignancy and depression Dysphagia Dementia Chewing difficulty related to poor dental health Physiologic changes of aging that can result in anorexi...