Exam 19: Nutrition and Older Adults Conditions and Interventions

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Name three characteristics that may place some elderly persons at an increased risk for dehydration.Identify five of the seven symptoms of dehydration.

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​Diabetes leads to a tenfold greater risk nerve damage,pain,or tingling-known collectively as _____.

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​Sarcopenia means _____.

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​The main symptoms of GERD are _____ and acid regurgitation.

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Blood-thinning medications may warrant keeping the amount of vitamin K consumed at a constant level.Which food would be the best source of vitamin K?

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​Among the effects of dehydration is a(n)_____.

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​Having a deficiency of which nutrients has been implicated in increased blood levels of homocysteine in the elderly?

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Differentiate between the two types of stroke and list factors that place an individual at higher risk for stroke.

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​Approximately _____ of adults aged 65 and over found it difficult or impossible to walk a quarter of a mile or climb 10 steps without resting.

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​The final stage of the grieving process is _____.

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​The most common GI-related diagnosis given in clinic visits is ______.

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Studies have linked the use of aluminum cans to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

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​The proportion of people 75 and older who report having no natural teeth in 2011-2012 is _____.

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​In free-living older adults,nutritional risk status was found to be the most important predictor of _____.

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Increased methylmalonic acid blood levels in the elderly are always related to a vitamin B12 deficiency.

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​What type of stroke occurs when a weakened blood vessel breaks?

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​Risk factors for osteoporosis include _____.

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​Development of osteoporosis is delayed when an individual develops _____.

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Matching -GERD

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​Cardioprotective medications constituted about _____ percent of all prescriptions in 2009-2010.

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