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Health Assesment Test 1-ch9
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Medical
Post-Graduate
09/14/2008

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Term
nutrition
Definition
degree of balance between nutritional intake and physiological requirements for growth and physical activity
Term
obesity
Definition
>20% above recommended body weight
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insufficient nutritional intake
Definition
loss of weight w/or w/o caloric intake 10-20% below ideal body weight
Term
stage 1 nutritional deficiencies
Definition
primary and secondary malnutrition
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stage 2 nutrtional deficiencies
Definition
tissue reserves decrease
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stage 3 nutritional deficiencies
Definition
biochemical lesions
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stage 4 nutritional deficiencies
Definition
clinical lesions
Term
serum albumin
Definition
norm: 3.5-5 g/L low: < 3.5
low levels can be indicative of depleted visceral protein status and malnutrtion

dehydration and overhydration will lead to false levels
Term
BMI
Definition
body mass index: acurate indicator of obesity
20-25 kg/m: least mortality
<16 kg/m associated with eating disorders
>27 = obesity
kg/meters
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waist-to-hip ratio
Definition
estimates obesity by evaluating the amount of abdominal fat
-divide the waist circumference by the hip circumference
Term
metabolic syndrome
Definition
increase in upper middle body fat
-hypertension
-diabetes
-elevated triglycerides
-atherosclerotic risk factors
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