MNT 2 midterm Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) Which of the following labs can be used to diagnose malnutrition?
- prealbumin
- Albumin
C) CRP
- none - Correct Answers ✅none of these
- albumin has a very short half life
- Edema does not affect serum albumin levels
- Increases in oral intake quickly result in changes in visceral
- changes in lean body mass poorly correlate with levels of
T/F a person with obesity could be diagnosed with malnutrition. - Correct Answers ✅True Serum albumin, long thought to be an indicator of malnutrition, is now recognized as a poor indicator of nutritional status. Which of the following describes one of the reasons why?
protein levels
visceral proteins. - Correct Answers ✅D) changes in lean body mass poorly correlate with levels of visceral proteins. 1 / 2
MNT 2 midterm Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) An individual with pancreatic cancer is most likely to suffer from which of the following types of malnutrition?
- chronic disease-related
- acute disease-related
- social/environmental
- none - Correct Answers ✅A) chronic disease related
- Energy Intake
- Reduced hand grip strength
- Dehydration
- Loss of muscle mass - Correct Answers ✅C) dehydration
- inflammation
- withholding meals because of diagnostic tests
- adequate communication between MD and RD
- monitoring patients' food intake - Correct Answers ✅B)
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Which of the following in NOT one of the criteria for diagnosing malnutrition included in the 2012 Academy/ASPEN Consensus statement?
Which of the following may contribute to iatrogenic nutrition?
withholding meals because of diagnostic tests