PPN 301 - Week 2 Study Set Exam Questions and
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What is the recommended range of total weight for a pregnant person with a BMI
of less than 18.5 (underweight) - ✔✔12.5-18 kg
What is the recommended range of total weight for a pregnant person with a BMI
of 18.5-24.9 (Normal weight) - ✔✔11.5-16 kg
What is the recommended range of total weight for a pregnant person with a BMI
of 25-29.9 (Overweight) - ✔✔7-11.5 kg
What is the recommended range of total weight for a pregnant person with a BMI
of greater or equal to 30 (Obese) - ✔✔5-9
Why is folic acid important for pregnant women to consume? - ✔✔Decreases the
risk for neural tube defects (NTDs)
Low-risk neural tube defect mothers should consume? - ✔✔0.4 mg daily for at
least 2-3 months before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and postpartum if
breastfeeding
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Moderate or high-risk neural tube defect mothers (diabetes, epilepsy, obesity,
history of NTDs) should consume? - ✔✔recommended 1-4 mg/day1
Gravida - ✔✔a pregnant person
Gravidity - ✔✔pregnancy
Nulligravida - ✔✔a person who has never been pregnant and is not currently
pregnant
Primigravida - ✔✔a person who is pregnant for the first time
Multigravida - ✔✔a person who has had 2 or more pregnancies
Parity - ✔✔the number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached
20 weeks of gestation, not the number of fetuses
Nullipara - ✔✔a person who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus or
fetuses beyond 20 weeks of gestation
Primipara - ✔✔a person who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or
fetuses who have reached 20 weeks of gestation
Multipara - ✔✔a person who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20
weeks of gestation or more