WGU C787 STUDY GUIDE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTION
DEFINE MACRONUTRIENTS Ans- NUTRIENTS REQUIRED IN LARGER AMOUNTS
EX. CARBS, FATS, PROTEINS
DEFINE MICRONUTRIENTS Ans- NUTRIENTS REQUIRED IN SMALLER AMOUNTS
EX. VITAMINS, MINERALS
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
KWASHIORKOR Ans- CONSUMES ADEQUATE ENERGY BUT NOT ENOUGH PROTEIN, OFTEN DUE TO
FAMINE OR DROUGHT
S/S POTBELLY, UNPIGMENTED, EDEMA IN LEGS
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
MARASMUS Ans- DOES NOT CONSUME ENOUGH ENERGY OR PROTEIN
BODY STARTS TO BREAK DOWN MUSCLES
S/S "SKIN AND BONES" LARGE EYES, BALD
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
OBESITY Ans- EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF BODY FAT
S/S HIGH BP, STROKE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, HEART DISEASE
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
ANOREXIA Ans- SELF INDUCED MALNUTRITION, OFTEN DUE TO BODY IMAGE, SELF STARVATION
, EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
BULIMIA NERVOSA Ans- BINGE EATING AND PURGING, VOMITING
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
PELLAGRA Ans- DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF NIACIN (VIT B3)
COMMON WITH CORN BASED DIET, ALCOHOLICS
S/S DIARRHEA. DERMATITIS, DEMENTIA, DEATH IF UNTREATED
VITAMIN A DEFFICIENCIES Ans- NIGHT BLINDNESS
DRY SCALY SKIN
CORNEAL DAMAGE
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY Ans- SCURVY
POOR WOUND HEALING
BLEEDING GUMS
IRON DEFICIENCY Ans- ANEMIA
IODINE DEFICIENCY Ans- CRETINISM
GOITER
THYROID PROBLEMS
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY Ans- RICKETS
OSTEOPATHIC
OSTEOPOROSIS
VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY Ans- HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
SOLUTION
DEFINE MACRONUTRIENTS Ans- NUTRIENTS REQUIRED IN LARGER AMOUNTS
EX. CARBS, FATS, PROTEINS
DEFINE MICRONUTRIENTS Ans- NUTRIENTS REQUIRED IN SMALLER AMOUNTS
EX. VITAMINS, MINERALS
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
KWASHIORKOR Ans- CONSUMES ADEQUATE ENERGY BUT NOT ENOUGH PROTEIN, OFTEN DUE TO
FAMINE OR DROUGHT
S/S POTBELLY, UNPIGMENTED, EDEMA IN LEGS
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
MARASMUS Ans- DOES NOT CONSUME ENOUGH ENERGY OR PROTEIN
BODY STARTS TO BREAK DOWN MUSCLES
S/S "SKIN AND BONES" LARGE EYES, BALD
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
OBESITY Ans- EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF BODY FAT
S/S HIGH BP, STROKE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, HEART DISEASE
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
ANOREXIA Ans- SELF INDUCED MALNUTRITION, OFTEN DUE TO BODY IMAGE, SELF STARVATION
, EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
BULIMIA NERVOSA Ans- BINGE EATING AND PURGING, VOMITING
EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
PELLAGRA Ans- DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF NIACIN (VIT B3)
COMMON WITH CORN BASED DIET, ALCOHOLICS
S/S DIARRHEA. DERMATITIS, DEMENTIA, DEATH IF UNTREATED
VITAMIN A DEFFICIENCIES Ans- NIGHT BLINDNESS
DRY SCALY SKIN
CORNEAL DAMAGE
VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY Ans- SCURVY
POOR WOUND HEALING
BLEEDING GUMS
IRON DEFICIENCY Ans- ANEMIA
IODINE DEFICIENCY Ans- CRETINISM
GOITER
THYROID PROBLEMS
VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY Ans- RICKETS
OSTEOPATHIC
OSTEOPOROSIS
VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY Ans- HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA
