Pediatric Nutrition Evaluation Flashcards
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A 10-year-old with a BMI at the 97th percentile undergoes a 24-hour dietary recall. She reports skipping breakfast daily. This eating pattern is associated with:
Answer: Higher total daily caloric intake and poorer diet quality
Breakfast skipping in children is consistently associated with higher total daily energy intake and poorer overall dietary quality.
Which vitamin deficiency is most likely in a breastfed 8-month-old infant who has not received supplementation and lives in a northern climate with limited sun exposure?
Answer: Vitamin D
Breast milk is low in vitamin D, and limited sun exposure further increases the risk; AAP recommends supplementation for all breastfed infants.
In assessing iron status in a 12-month-old, which combination of lab values is most indicative of iron deficiency anemia?
Answer: Low hemoglobin, low MCV, low serum ferritin
Iron deficiency anemia presents with microcytic (low MCV), hypochromic anemia and depleted iron stores reflected by low ferritin.
When evaluating a child with Down syndrome, which growth reference is most appropriate?
Answer: Down syndrome-specific growth charts
Condition-specific growth charts for Down syndrome more accurately reflect expected growth patterns for this population than standard references.
Which phase of the nutrition care process follows nutrition assessment?
Answer: Nutrition diagnosis
According to the Nutrition Care Process, assessment is followed by nutrition diagnosis, which identifies and labels the nutrition problem.
A 4-year-old with failure to thrive has a diet history revealing extreme food selectivity limited to 5 foods. The dietitian should first:
Answer: Conduct a comprehensive feeding behavior assessment
Extreme food selectivity requires comprehensive evaluation of feeding behaviors, sensory issues, and oral-motor function before intervention.
Which statement about indirect calorimetry in critically ill children is correct?
Answer: It measures actual oxygen consumption and CO2 production to calculate REE
Indirect calorimetry measures VO2 and VCO2 via a metabolic cart to calculate resting energy expenditure using the Weir equation.