Nursing 1180A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Food Allergy, Medical History, Health Canada
24 Nov 2017
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Week 11 the importance of nutrition to the body. Nutritional guidelines: ca(cid:374)ada"s food guide, published by health canada, designed to provide guidelines for nutritional intake, emphasis on encouraging variety and reducing the intake of fats, sugars, and sodium. Factors that influence nutrition lifestyle choices: medications socioeconomic status, geographical location, education religion. culture. Infants, children, and adolescents: pregnancy, adults/older adults. Other tools: food records, 24-hour recall, 3-day food diary, food-frequency questionnaires, direct observation. Objective data collection: physical assessment, body type, general appearance, swallowing, elimination, body mass index (bmi, weight calculations. Lymphocyte count: serum proteins, hemoglobin and hematocrit, creatinine excretion, nitrogen balance. Mental agility: http://www. webmd. com/diet/eat-smart-healthier-brain, foods like blueberries, wild salmon, foods high in vit e. Foods that support healthy urinary elimination: http://healthyeating. sfgate. com/foods-promote-healthy-urinary-tract-system-5170. html, and on a cautionary note, http://www. suesnutritionbuzz. com/2013/03/18/natural-foods-that-heal-urinary-tract-infection, be a good consumer of this type of information. What is he most at risk for: vitamin deficiencies (carbs put on fat, your pt needs surgery.
