Your patient has renal disease and you are assessing her nutritional status. Which of the following measures would be least useful in this situation?
a. nitrogen balance
b. CHI
c. height
d. weight
c
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Sixty-four-year-old Jeffery Thomson has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He has experienced a 20-pound weight loss in the past 2 months due to decreased appetite and difficulty eating. He will begin cancer treatment in a week and is visiting with the registered dietitian for nutrition counseling. If Mr. Thomson's cancer spreads, it will be considered ____
A) malignant B) benign C) metastasized D) carcinogenic
The most likely reason that some severely obese individuals do not manifest any of the common obesity-related chronic diseases is due to:
a. a happy personality and the absence of depression. b. a larger than normal organ size. c. a tendency to store excess fat in the lower body. d. luck.
Body composition plays a relatively minor role in the performance of athletes who are successful in ____
A) distance running B) gymnastics C) basketball D) golf
A man who has a BMI of 20 is considered to beat a
a) healthy weight. b) overweight c) obese d) underweight.