Chapter 11 Nutritional Assessment

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excess body fat that is placed predominantly within the abdomen and upper body, as opposed to the hips and thighs

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Android obesity:

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a less-than-expected or absent immune reaction in response to the injection of antigens within the skin

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Anergy:

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measurement of the body, eg height, weight, circumference, skinfold thickness

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Anthropometry:

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weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared; value of 30 or more is indicative of obesity; value of less than 18.5 is indicative of undernutrition

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Body mass index:

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index or ratio sometimes used to assess body protein status

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Creatinine-height index:

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excess body fat that is placed predominantly within the hips and thighs

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Gynoid obesity:

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primarily a protein deficiency characterized by edema, growth failure, and muscle wasting

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Kwashiorkor:

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may mean any nutrition disorder but usually refers to long-term nutritional inadequacies or excesses

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Malnutrition:

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combination of chronic energy deficit and chronic or acute protein deficiency

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Marasmic kwashiorkor:

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results from energy and protein deficiency, presenting with significant loss of body weight, skeletal muscle, and adipose tissue mass, but with serum protein concentration relatively intact

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Marasmus:

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a more sensitive indicator of lean body mass than others

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Mid-arm muscle area:

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indicator of lean body mass and fat stores

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Mid-upper arm circumference:

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an indicator of lean body mass calculated from the triceps skinfold thickness and the mid-upper arm circumference

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Mid-upper arm muscle circumference:

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condition in which nitrogen losses from the body are equal to nitrogen intake; the expected state of the healthy adult

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Nitrogen balance:

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excessive accumulation of body fat; usually defined as 20% above desirable weight

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Obesity:

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inadequate consumption of protein and energy, resulting in a gradual body wasting and increased susceptibility to infection

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Protein-caloric malnutrition:

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proteins present in serum that are indicators of the body’s visceral protein status

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Serum proteins:

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double fold of skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue that is measured with skinfold calipers at various body sites

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Skinfold thickness:

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waist or abdominal circumference divided by the hip or gluteal circumference; method for asserting fat distribution

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Waist-to-hip-ratio: