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N9 Nutrition Across The Lifespan and Management of Alterations PDF
N9 Nutrition Across The Lifespan and Management of Alterations PDF
N9 Nutrition Across The Lifespan and Management of Alterations PDF
COLLEGE OF NURSING
The Health Sciences Center
WHO Collaborating Center for Leadership in Nursing
Development CHED Center of Excellence
• Weight gain:
• Practices to avoid:
• Lactation:
• Solid foods:
Single-ingredient foods
Food high in iron
Commercially prepared baby foods have allergens
Juice for infants younger than 6 months
Children having juice bottles/cups
– The parents should decide which foods to serve at what time; the child should
be able to decide what and how much to eat.
• Variety of foods.
• Small servings.
• Nutritious snacks.
• Limit sweets.
• Numerous medications.
Nutrient-Drug interactions.
20% SEDENTARY
HIP CIRCUMFERENCE
Mid upper arm circumference
(MUAC) – left upper arm, Along the pelvic bone line;
midway between tip of shoulder the widest circumference
and tip of elbow
A measure of fat, skeleton, and muscle. Rapid
nutritional status screening even when age of child
is unknown, increasingly used in adults
Skinfold measurements
(Triceps Skinfold Thickness)
• Direct measurements Indicates the amount of body fat, the
main form of stored energy; half of
fat reserves is subcutaneous
Mid upper arm circumference
(MUAC) – left upper arm,
midway between tip of shoulder
and tip of elbow
A measure of fat, skeleton, and muscle. Rapid
nutritional status screening even when age of child
is unknown, increasingly used in adults
Assessment Criteria:
b. WC – clinical thresholds
c. WHR
Upper Body Obesity >/= 1.0 MALES
>/= 0.85 FEMALES
- Adiposity highly CVD, DM, other diseases
• Serum albumin
– Low serum albumin level is a useful indicator of prolonged
protein depletion
– Indicator to determine protein status
• Ineffective breastfeeding
• Impaired dentition
• Pain
Broca’s Method
DBW = Ht (cm) – 100
For Filipinos: DBW-10%
e.g. 154.94 cm – 100 cm = 54.94 kg
54.94 kg – 5.49 (10% of 54.94) = 49.95 kg
Tube feeding
sites.