NUTR 2050 Study Guide - Cd-Rom, Xerostomia, Sarcopenia
9 Apr 2013
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Sample multiple choice questions from text, unit 10. Infectious and chronic disease: safe food handling, gunshot wound or car accident, childhood mortality. The human life span is projected to be from _____ years: 102 104, 105 110, 110 120, >120. Aging theories try to explain the mechanisms behind: loss of physical resilience. a: decreased resistance to disease, physical and mental changes associated with aging, gray hair and wrinkles, a, b, and c only. Theories of aging fall into three major categories. Not be considered one of these: natural selection, wear and tear , programmed aging, caloric restriction, a and b. Of all the physiologic changes that occur with aging, the biggest effect on nutritional status is due to shifts in the _____: endocrine system, musculo-skeletal system, gastrointestinal system, nervous system e. renal system. Oral health depends on several organ systems working together.
