In developing countries, nutrition transition often leads to a combination of underweight in children and overweight in adults. A partial explanation for this involves which of the following?
1. Availability of low-cost fruits and vegetables
2. Availability of cheap energy-dense foods
3. Home-cooked meals
4. Children exercising too much
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The mother of a 19-week-old infant has brought her baby in for assessment to a pediatrician because of the baby's persistent weight loss and diarrhea An intestinal biopsy has confirmed a diagnosis of celiac disease, and the child's mother is anxious to know what caused the disease. Which of the following aspects of the etiology of celiac disease would underlie the explanation that the physician provides?
A) Bacterial or chemical invasion of the peritoneum leads to decreased nutrient absorption and transport. B) An inappropriate T-cell-mediated response results in increased levels of antibodies and an inflammatory response. C) Neurogenic or muscular inhibition of peristalsis results in inappropriate motility of ingested food in the lower small intestine and the colon. D) Inability to process or absorb the fat content of breast milk results in malnutrition and deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins.
The nurse should call the rapid response EMS for which patients? (Select all that apply.)
a. 53-year-old with pneumonia and severe respiratory distress b. 17-year-old with apnea following a head injury c. 24-year-old experiencing a severe asthmatic attack with stridor d. 73-year-old patient with bradycardia of 40 beats per minute e. 52-year-old patient with no palpable pulse
Which of the following is a true statement regarding nursing research?
a. Descriptive and correlational research methods are most successful in addressing the research questions nurses typically have. b. Nurses do not typically attempt to conduct experimental research because it is beyond their level of expertise. c. Nurses have successfully used a variety of designs in research studies because there are many types of questions to be answered. d. The most common type of research used by nurse researchers is ethnographic research because it studies the lived experience of their patients.
Smoking interferes with the body's use of a specific vitamin, so the RDA for this vitamin has been raised for smokers. Which vitamin is it?
A) Vitamin C B) Folate C) Beta-carotene D) Vitamin E