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2026 PREMIUM SOLVED COMPENDIUM
◉ How many extra calories are required during the second trimester
of pregnancy?
Answer: 340
◉ How many extra calories are required during the third trimester
of pregnancy?
Answer: 450
◉ How many extra calories are required during the first trimester of
pregnancy?
Answer: 0
◉ How much weight gain during pregnancy is expected?
Answer: 25-35 lbs
◉ How much weight gain during the first trimester is expected?
Answer: 2-4 lbs
◉ How much weight gain after the first trimester is expected?
,Answer: 1-1.5 lbs per week
◉ How much weight gain is expected during pregnancy for a woman
carrying twins?
Answer: 35-45 lbs
◉ How much more protein do pregnant women need to eat?
Answer: 25 g/day during the second and third trimesters
◉ How much iron do pregnant women need to eat?
Answer: 27 mg
◉ Which exercises should be avoided during pregnancy?
Answer: Running, heavy weight-lifting, lying on your back
◉ What is passive immunity?
Answer: temporary protection against disease gained when one
human gives already-made antibodies to another via breastmilk
◉ For how many years should women breastfeed their children?
Answer: 2 years
,◉ For how long should women only breastfeed?
Answer: 6 months, then they can add supplemental food to the
baby's diet
◉ Which foods should not be fed to a baby less than 1 year old?
Answer: corn syrup or honey
◉ What is the obesity rate in children?
Answer: 17%
◉ What is atrophic gastritis?
Answer: chronic inflammation of the stomach lining that interferes
with B12 absorption, affecting up to half of adults over age 60.
◉ polypharmacy
Answer: The use of multiple medications
◉ Catabolism
Answer: the breaking down of muscle tissue
◉ Anabolism
Answer: the building back up of muscle tissue
, ◉ Hyponatremia
Answer: Abnormally low sodium concentration in the blood (less
than 130 mEq per liter) that can cause cells to malfunction.
Symptoms include brain swelling, twitches, nausea, and confusion.
◉ What are the main electrolytes?
Answer: sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium,
phosphate, and bicarbonate
◉ What percent of Americans are obese?
Answer: 34%
◉ What percent of Americans are overweight?
Answer: 65%
◉ What is gastric distention?
Answer: swelling or bloating of the stomach. fiber causes this,
increasing satiety.
◉ What percent of the US population has diagnosed hypertension?
Answer: 1/3
2026 PREMIUM SOLVED COMPENDIUM
◉ How many extra calories are required during the second trimester
of pregnancy?
Answer: 340
◉ How many extra calories are required during the third trimester
of pregnancy?
Answer: 450
◉ How many extra calories are required during the first trimester of
pregnancy?
Answer: 0
◉ How much weight gain during pregnancy is expected?
Answer: 25-35 lbs
◉ How much weight gain during the first trimester is expected?
Answer: 2-4 lbs
◉ How much weight gain after the first trimester is expected?
,Answer: 1-1.5 lbs per week
◉ How much weight gain is expected during pregnancy for a woman
carrying twins?
Answer: 35-45 lbs
◉ How much more protein do pregnant women need to eat?
Answer: 25 g/day during the second and third trimesters
◉ How much iron do pregnant women need to eat?
Answer: 27 mg
◉ Which exercises should be avoided during pregnancy?
Answer: Running, heavy weight-lifting, lying on your back
◉ What is passive immunity?
Answer: temporary protection against disease gained when one
human gives already-made antibodies to another via breastmilk
◉ For how many years should women breastfeed their children?
Answer: 2 years
,◉ For how long should women only breastfeed?
Answer: 6 months, then they can add supplemental food to the
baby's diet
◉ Which foods should not be fed to a baby less than 1 year old?
Answer: corn syrup or honey
◉ What is the obesity rate in children?
Answer: 17%
◉ What is atrophic gastritis?
Answer: chronic inflammation of the stomach lining that interferes
with B12 absorption, affecting up to half of adults over age 60.
◉ polypharmacy
Answer: The use of multiple medications
◉ Catabolism
Answer: the breaking down of muscle tissue
◉ Anabolism
Answer: the building back up of muscle tissue
, ◉ Hyponatremia
Answer: Abnormally low sodium concentration in the blood (less
than 130 mEq per liter) that can cause cells to malfunction.
Symptoms include brain swelling, twitches, nausea, and confusion.
◉ What are the main electrolytes?
Answer: sodium, potassium, chloride, magnesium, calcium,
phosphate, and bicarbonate
◉ What percent of Americans are obese?
Answer: 34%
◉ What percent of Americans are overweight?
Answer: 65%
◉ What is gastric distention?
Answer: swelling or bloating of the stomach. fiber causes this,
increasing satiety.
◉ What percent of the US population has diagnosed hypertension?
Answer: 1/3
