A researcher is moving to an area with a year-round cold climate. The researcher asks the health care professional how people in these areas are able to adjust to the temperature. What response by the professional is most accurate?
They have less adipose tissue.
They have more beige (bAT) adipose tissue
Their bone marrow produces more adipose tissue
They gain weight which insulates them
A health care professional wishes to provide community screening for obesity. Which population should the professional focus on as the priority?
Caucasians
Non-Hispanic blacks
Hispanics
Asians
The student asks the professor for a definition of “orexigenic neurons.” What description by the professor is most accurate?
Promote appetite and stimulate eating
Suppress appetite and inhibit eating
Increase overall metabolism
Promote satiety after eating
A student asks the health care professional why obese people are at higher risk for hypertension than non-obese individuals. What response by the professional is best?
They produce more ghrelin in the stomach.
Their thyroid gland secretes less hormone.
They produce more angiotensinogen.
They secrete fewer endocannabinoids.
Which individual does the health care professional determine is obese?
Body mass index 23 kg/m2
Body mass index 25 kg/m2
Body mass index 29 kg/m2
Body mass index 32 kg/m2
A health care professional is caring for a patient admitted to the hospital with severe anorexia. What action by the health care professional would be most important?
Ensuring the patient is on a cardiac monitor
Facilitating laboratory testing of electrolytes
Arranging a psychiatry consultation
Assessing the patient’s favorite foods
A person has abnormally severe tooth decay and erosion of the tooth enamel. What problem should the health care professional assess the person for?
Anorexia nervosa
Binge eating
Bulimia
Refeeding syndrome
A patient weighs 82 pounds and is hospitalized for anorexia. In order to prevent refeeding syndrome, how many calories should the person eat in the first two days?
400
745
936
1200
A severely malnourished patient is in the hospital to improve nutrition. On the second day, the patient reports palpitations and difficulty breathing. After placing the patient on a cardiac monitor, what action does the health care professional take next?
Take the patient’s temperature.
Have lab drawn for electrolyte levels.
Cancel the patient’s next meal.
Facilitate a chest x-ray
A student asks the professor about the functions of adipose tissue. What responses by the professor are accurate? (Select all that apply.)
Provides insulation
Helps with mechanical support
Dysregulates thyroid function
Secretes adipokines
Helps generate heat
A health care professional is speaking to a weight-loss support group and encourages the participants to have regular screening for medical conditions that are related to obesity. Which conditions does the professional include in this list? (Select all that apply.)
Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Cirrhosis
Diabetes
Dementias
What role does leptin resistance have in promoting obesity? (Select all that apply.)
Promotes overeating
Promotes early satiety
Inhibits orexigenic outcomes
Increases oxidative stress
Leads to hyperglycemia
What does the student learn about the effects of long-term starvation? (Select all that apply.)
Energy is supplied through glycogenolysis.
Gluconeogenesis begins for energy requirements.
Increase in inflammatory mediators.
Use of ketone bodies for energy needs.
Proteolysis begins in adipose tissue.
A family is concerned that their most elderly member is not eating. What information about the anorexia of aging does the health care professional provide the family? (Select all that apply.)
Usually there is a direct cause that can be treated successfully.
Is not related to age-related changes and signifies illness
Decreases in saliva and the sense of taste are contributing factors.
Age-related loss of appetite is common finding.
Social stimulation at meals might promote better eating habits.
A student learning about the effects of obesogens discovers what information about them? (Select all that apply.)
Can be found in personal care products
Cannot cross the placental barrier
Can be transmitted through breast milk
Are limited to a single genetic defect
Have been associated with pesticide exposure
