What is NOT a risk of being underweight?
a. earlier death during a famine or siege
b. higher risk of developing heart disease
c. greater risk of starvation when suffering from cancer
d. higher risk of death following surgery
e. greater risk of malnutrition when hospitalized
b
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A home health nurse visits the patient and his wife. She reinforces the importance of consuming:
a. nuts, seeds, and corn. b. 8 cups of liquid per day. c. celery. d. a high-protein, high-kcalorie oral supplement.
Infertility is generally defined as the lack of conception after _____ of unprotected intercourse.
A. 3 months B. 6 months C. 9 months D. 1 year E. 1.5 year
Protein-energy malnutrition in infancy and early childhood has adverse effects on the _____.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
If the nutrition diagnosis is "evident protein-energy malnutrition," the etiology could be which of the following?
a. decreased albumin b. Crohn's disease-related malabsorption c. depleted somatic protein stores d. decreased height and weight