If someone has a limited food budget and becomes malnourished because they only eat one small meal a day, they would have
a. primary malnutrition.
b. secondary malnutrition.
c. anorexia nervosa.
d. iatrogenic malnutrition.
A
Eating only one small meal a day results in inadequate intake of nutrients; this is primary malnu-trition. Secondary PEM results from inadequate nutrient consumption caused by some disease state that impairs food consumption, interferes with nutrient absorption, or increases nutritional requirements. Anorexia nervosa refers to voluntary limitation of food intake because of a dis-torted body image. Iatrogenic malnutrition refers to poor food intake in hospitalized patients be-cause of hospital routines including tests and treatments.
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