MNT Test 4 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026

MNT Test 4 Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026 screening for diabetes - Answers -obesity plus one more risk factor - prediabetes - GDM -age 45+ -restest every 3 years children: - overweight plus one risk factor normal A1c - Answers below 5.7% (how glycated your RBC are ) normal fasting glucose - Answers 99 normal glucose tolerence - Answers 140 methods of diagnosis - Answers -fasting plasma glucose - oral glucose tolerence test -A1C - classic symptoms of hyperglycemia symptoms of hyperglycemia - Answers - frequent urination -extreme thirst - weight loss -vision - tingling and numbness GDM - Answers - test at 24-48 weeks -2-10% women get it - increases risk of HTN and c section - infant: risk of premature labor, hypoglycemia, diabetes, macrosomia MNT dor preexisting diabetes and pregnancy - Answers - preconception counseling - adjust meal plan ( first trimester - higher BG) - avoid hypoglycemia and ketosis - increase need for insulin in first and second trimester ( eat snacks) blood sugar goals during pregnancy - Answers - before a meal: 93 or less - one hour after a meal: 140 - 2 hours after a meal: 120 Met for gestational diabetes - Answers - 30-45 g of carbs + 2-3 oz protein per meal - 15-30g carbs + 1-2 oz protein per snack -avoid skipping meals/ snacks - medication: insulin, metformin, glyburide - exercise: 150 min of moderate aerobic per week - encourage breastfeeding the thyroid gland - Answers - butterfly shaped organ below the Adams apple - stimulated by TSH (produced by the pituitary) - produces T3, T4, calcitonin - regulates fat and carb metabolism, body temp, heart rate - t3/t4 - Answers -t3 isomer biologically active -t4 larger secretory product - t4 is converted to t3 (by removing an iodine) - t3 is produced in the thyroid, liver, kidneys , pituitary, NS hypothalamic pituitary hormone axis (HPT) - Answers - HPT controls biosynthesis of thyroid hormones - hypothalamus released TRS -- stimulates TSH form pituitary thyroid binding globulin - Answers transports thread hormone sin the blood assessment of thyroid status - Answers - full thread panel -TSH: 0.2-5.5 -level over 2 is associated with hypothyroidism - decreased TSH with normal or high t3/t4 is associated with hyperthyroidism hypothyroidism - Answers - mere than 50% caused by autoimmune disease Hashimoto , associated with celiac disease - symptoms: low sugar, cold hands and feet, hypercholestrolemia, muscle pain, depression, cognitive deficits - more common with women harishimoto thyroiditis - Answers - immune attacks and destroys thyroid gland - identified using specific antibody tetsts