If a person has a deficient dietary intake of calcium, what will be the result?
a. a reduced rate of calcium absorption
b. no change in levels of calcium in the blood because calcium will be pulled from the bones
c. a gain of body weight
d. lowered levels of calcium in the blood because of the deficiency
e. increased calcium excretion in the urine
b
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Which food source is known to contain goitrogens??
A) ?shellfish B) ?whole grains C) ?cauliflower and broccoli D) ?blueberries and raspberries
Colin delivers a patient's tray and the nurse informs him that the patient is undergoing a test and will not be back for 2 hours. Colin should:
a. leave the tray at the bedside. b. ask the nurse to heat up the meal when the patient arrives. c. return the tray to the kitchen and ask the nurse to call the foodservice department for a new tray when the patient is back. d. find the patient and deliver the meal.
A bottle-fed infant, age 3 months, is brought to the pediatrician's office for a well-child visit. During the previous visit, the nurse taught the mother about infant nutritional needs. Which statement by the mother during the current visit indicates effective teaching?
a. "I started putting cereal in the bottle with formula because the baby kept spitting it out." b. "I'm giving the baby skim milk because he was getting so chubby." c. "I started the baby on cereals and fruits because he wasn't sleeping through the night." d. "I'm giving the baby iron-fortified formula and a fluoride supplement because our water isn't fluoridated."
A critical step in fatty acid metabolism that can be potentially limiting is ____
A) oxidation of fatty acids B) mobilizing fatty acids throughout the body C) translocating fatty acids into the mitochondria D) activating the fatty acids in the cell