And Answers.
Changes affecting nutritional status - Answer GI, liver changes, age related changes
Disease states may have dietary implications - Answer diabetes, renal disease, and cardiovascular
disease
Heaviest population - Answer Americans
% of Americans are overweight - Answer 61%
Protein energy malutrition - Answer presence of clinical evidence of insufficient intake
physical signs: wasting, low BMI, biochemical (albumin)
Malnutrition causes - Answer nutritional intake, GI dysfunction, and chronic illness
Malnutrition risks - Answer diet, limited income, isolation, chronic illness, physiological changes
Consequences of malnutrition - Answer increased risk for infection, skin breakdown, slowed wound
healing, impaired resp function, weakness, and depression
What increases immune function? - Answer antioxidants A, C, and E
zinc
skin breakdown due to... - Answer aging
poor circulation
edema
incontinence