Exam 13: Nutritional Requirements Affecting Oral Health in Women

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -A leading cause of death related to food borne illness

Women practicing pica behaviors are usually from lower socioeconomic groups or have less than a high school education. Pica, affecting 10% of American women, is more frequently practiced by women living in densely populated urban areas.

Each of the following is true of health issues concerning maternal weight before and during pregnancy except one. Which one is the exception?

Which of the following are weight-related pregnancy complications? (Select all that apply.)

When talking with a young woman trying to become pregnant, the dental hygienist recalls that weight adjustment ideally should be achieved:

Maternal iron-deficiency anemia is associated with each of the flowing except one. Which one is the exception?

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -High blood pressure that can cause premature delivery

Low-dose iron supplementation during pregnancy, even if the gravida is not anemic, improves the woman's iron status and protects the infant from iron-deficiency anemia. Maternal and fetal goiter, cretinism, and intellectual impairments are linked to infant iron deficiency.

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Pregnant woman

Nutritional counseling is an integral component to the practice of dental hygiene, but perhaps of even greater value with pregnant patients. Match the condition or term with the appropriate description or result. -Folic acid antagonist

An infant is considered premature if the gestational period is less than 39 weeks. Mortality rates are highest for infants born at 32 to 36 weeks' gestation.

Which of the following are true regarding prenatal physiologic roles of zinc? (Select all that apply.)

Each of the following is true of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol syndrome disorder except one. Which one is the exception?

Infant birth weights are most affected by nutrient intake during which gestational time period? (Select all that apply.)

A goal for Healthy People 2020 is to reduce iron-deficiency anemia among pregnant females because the Institute of Medicine (IOM) has concluded that iron is the only known nutrient to warrant global supplementation during pregnancy.

A multivitamin supplement containing folic acid is recommended for all young women because of the number of unintentional pregnancies in women 15 to 24 years old.