Question 1

A 12 percent weight loss over a period of six months is less significant than a 12 percent weight loss over a period of 12 months.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following is the largest component of 24-hour energy expenditure for most healthy, sedentary adults?

Accepted Answer

A)  resting energy expenditure 
B)  thermic effect of food 
C)  thermic effect of exercise 
A)  resting energy expenditure 
B)  thermic effect of food 
C)  thermic effect of exercise

Question 3

Which of the following is not a variable in the World Health Organization REE prediction equations?

Accepted Answer

A)  age 
B)  height or stature 
C)  body weight 
A)  age 
B)  height or stature 
C)  body weight

Question 4

Which one of the following statements regarding the Harris-Benedict equations is False?

Accepted Answer

A)  they were developed using a technique known as regression analysis 
B)  they do not include age as a variable 
C)  body weight is measured in kilograms 
D)  they tend to underestimate REE in malnourished, ill patients 
A)  they were developed using a technique known as regression analysis 
B)  they do not include age as a variable 
C)  body weight is measured in kilograms 
D)  they tend to underestimate REE in malnourished, ill patients

Question 5

Which one of the following factors poses the greatest problem in calculating nitrogen balance?

Accepted Answer

A)  a high protein intake 
B)  nutrient needs being met solely by enteral or parenteral nutrition 
C)  a large amount of wound drainage or blood loss 
D)  a high urine urea nitrogen value 
A)  a high protein intake 
B)  nutrient needs being met solely by enteral or parenteral nutrition 
C)  a large amount of wound drainage or blood loss 
D)  a high urine urea nitrogen value

Question 6

Which one of the following conditions tends to increase nitrogen excretion and REE the most?

Accepted Answer

A)  total starvation 
B)  partial starvation 
C)  major burn 
D)  peritonitis/severe sepsis 
A)  total starvation 
B)  partial starvation 
C)  major burn 
D)  peritonitis/severe sepsis

Question 7

A change in body weight of more than 0.5 kg in one day indicates an accumulation or loss of body water rather than a gain or loss of lean or fat tissue.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A drawback of the doubly labeled water approach for measuring energy expenditure is that it is unsuitable for use in infants and in women who are pregnant or lactating.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The Mini Nutritional Assessment is an instrument designed to assess the nutritional status of elderly adults once they have undergone nutritional screening and have been shown to be at nutritional risk.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

When the amount of nitrogen excreted from the body is equal to nitrogen intake, a condition known as __________ is said to exist.

Accepted Answer

The answer of When the amount of nitrogen excreted from...

A 12 percent weight loss over a period of six months is less significant than a 12 percent weight loss over a period of 12 months.

Which of the following is the largest component of 24-hour energy expenditure for most healthy, sedentary adults?

Which of the following is not a variable in the World Health Organization REE prediction equations?

Which one of the following statements regarding the Harris-Benedict equations is False?

Which one of the following factors poses the greatest problem in calculating nitrogen balance?

Which one of the following conditions tends to increase nitrogen excretion and REE the most?

A change in body weight of more than 0.5 kg in one day indicates an accumulation or loss of body water rather than a gain or loss of lean or fat tissue.

A drawback of the doubly labeled water approach for measuring energy expenditure is that it is unsuitable for use in infants and in women who are pregnant or lactating.

The Mini Nutritional Assessment is an instrument designed to assess the nutritional status of elderly adults once they have undergone nutritional screening and have been shown to be at nutritional risk.

When the amount of nitrogen excreted from the body is equal to nitrogen intake, a condition known as __________ is said to exist.

Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

Standards for Nutrient Intake

Measuring Diet

National Dietary and Nutrition Surveys

Computerized Dietary Analysis Systems

Anthropometry

Nutritional Assessment in Disease Prevention

Biochemical Assessment of Nutritional Status

Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status

Counseling Theory and Technique

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Exam 7: Assessment of the Hospitalized Patient

A 12 percent weight loss over a period of six months is less significant than a 12 percent weight loss over a period of 12 months.

Which of the following is the largest component of 24-hour energy expenditure for most healthy, sedentary adults?

Which of the following is not a variable in the World Health Organization REE prediction equations?

Which one of the following statements regarding the Harris-Benedict equations is False?

Which one of the following factors poses the greatest problem in calculating nitrogen balance?

Which one of the following conditions tends to increase nitrogen excretion and REE the most?

A change in body weight of more than 0.5 kg in one day indicates an accumulation or loss of body water rather than a gain or loss of lean or fat tissue.

A drawback of the doubly labeled water approach for measuring energy expenditure is that it is unsuitable for use in infants and in women who are pregnant or lactating.

The Mini Nutritional Assessment is an instrument designed to assess the nutritional status of elderly adults once they have undergone nutritional screening and have been shown to be at nutritional risk.

When the amount of nitrogen excreted from the body is equal to nitrogen intake, a condition known as __________ is said to exist.

Introduction to Nutritional Assessment

Standards for Nutrient Intake

Measuring Diet

National Dietary and Nutrition Surveys

Computerized Dietary Analysis Systems

Anthropometry

Nutritional Assessment in Disease Prevention

Biochemical Assessment of Nutritional Status

Clinical Assessment of Nutritional Status

Counseling Theory and Technique

Filters