Acceptable uses of the Dietary Reference Intakes include ____
a. establishment of standards for food assistance programs
b. marketing products as "organic"
c. making health claims about a supplement
d. assessment of an individual's overall health status
a
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a. raw foods. b. coffee. c. spicy foods. d. high-fat foods.
In the context of intervention studies, when researchers know who is in the treatment group and who is in the placebo group but participants do not, the study is called a(n) _____
A) cohort study B) single-blind study C) double-blind study D) epidemiologic study
When cooking vegetables, which of the following is optimal to retain nutrients?
a. steaming b. frying c. boiling d. sautéing
ML is 55-year-old white male with prior medical hx of hyperlipidemia and DM. His mother died at the age of 60 from colon cancer. During the last 4 weeks he has had symptoms of abdominal pain, he feels weak and fatigued, more and more often he feels his back ache, and he has noticed darkening of his urine and lighter-in-color stools. Also, he reports having episodes of nausea and vomiting and has
lost his appetite. ML has been losing weight during the last 5 weeks. All these symptoms led him to his doctor, who ordered a laboratory analysis. The doctor ordered a computed tomography (CT) and an ultrasound. To confirm diagnosis a biopsy was also performed. ML was diagnosed with ductal adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas – Stage III. Height: 5'7" Weight: 198# UBW: 220# The doctor ordered the administration of chemotherapy with 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) and improvement of his nutritional condition before surgery (Whipple procedure). Other meds prescribed: Zofran, Duragesic, pancrealipase, regular insulin. Diet Order: NPO After performing a nutritional assessment on ML, the registered dietitian determines that he is at risk for what nutritional complication after surgery? a. scar tissue obstructing the duodenum b. complications with would healing c. return of the cancer d. delayed gastric emptying