WGU C787 STUDY GUIDE
1.DEFINE MACRONUTRIENTS: NUTRIENTS REQUIRED IN
LARGER AMOUNTS
EX. CARBS, FATS, PROTEINS
2.DEFINE MICRONUTRIENTS: NUTRIENTS REQUIRED IN
SMALLER AMOUNTS
EX. VITAMINS, MINERALS
3.EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
KWASHIORKOR: CONSUMES ADEQUATE ENERGY BUT NOT ENOUGH
PRO- TEIN, OFTEN DUE TO FAMINE OR DROUGHT
S/S POTBELLY, UNPIGMENTED, EDEMA IN LEGS
4.EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
MARASMUS: DOES NOT CONSUME ENOUGH ENERGY OR
PROTEIN BODY STARTS TO BREAK DOWN MUSCLES
S/S "SKIN AND BONES" LARGE EYES, BALD
5.EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
OBESITY: EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF BODY FAT 1 / 2
S/S HIGH BP, STROKE, TYPE 2 DIABETES, HEART DISEASE
6.EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
ANOREXIA: SELF INDUCED MALNUTRITION, OFTEN DUE TO BODY
IMAGE, SELF STARVATION
7.EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
BULIMIA NERVOSA: BINGE EATING AND PURGING, VOMITING
8.EXPLAIN AND GIVE S/S OF
PELLAGRA: DIETARY DEFICIENCY OF NIACIN (VIT
B3) COMMON WITH CORN BASED DIET,
ALCOHOLICS
S/S DIARRHEA. DERMATITIS, DEMENTIA, DEATH IF UNTREATED
9.VITAMIN A DEFFICIENCIES: NIGHT
BLINDNESS DRY SCALY SKIN
CORNEAL DAMAGE
10.VITAMIN C DEFICIENCY: SCURVY
POOR WOUND HEALING
BLEEDING GUMS
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