Assessment of nutritional status

1- A patient that has deficiency in a vitamin or a mineral like calcium or iron is called:

• Abnourished

• Undernourished

• Antinourished

• Malnourished

2 - Which of the following is True about nutritional assessment?

• Done only for children

• Has very little benefits for health

• The goal is to make the nutritional needs more than the intake

• Used by dietitians

3- Ahmad a 35 year male had his waist circumference measured and it was

1000 mm, he wants to know if he has any cardiovascular risk according to

his waist circumference?

• His waist circumference is desirable

• he has high risk

• He has a very high risk

• We can not tell the risk based on waist circumference

4- Which of the following is needed to use a height growth chart for a child?

• Age

• Gender

• Height

• All of the above

5- A 13 years old female has only 15% of other 13 years old females taller than her is at what

percentile according to WHO growth charts?

• 85th percentile

• 15th percentile

• 13'* percentile

• 50-h percentile

6- Sara weighs 74 kg and her height is 1.61 m. in which category is she?

• Underweight

• Overweight

• Normal

• obese

7- High BMI means:

• High fat, low muscle

• High muscle, low fat

• We can't tell the percentage of muscle and fat

• High muscle, high fat

8- Which of the following is False about fat?

• All type of fat are bad

• Fat help keep the body warm

• Fat protect body organs

• Fat provide energy to the body

9- Which of the following is not needed to use a fat percentage chart?

• Total body weight

• Body fat

• Age and gender

• Height

10 - Maha's is 22 years old, her body fat is 14kg and her total body weight is 58kg. Which of the

° following is her body fat percentage?

• 22/14 x 58

• 58/14 x 100

• 14/22 x 100

• 100 x 14/58