PEM Prevention & Control
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- Q1
an example of food fortification in India
vitamin E to groundnut oil
vitamin C to table salt
vitamin A to Dalda
vitamin A to sugar
30s - Q2
height for age Z score that is 2 SD below te median for WHO child growth standards implies
underweight
severe acute malnutrition (SAM)
wasting
stunting
30s - Q3
world's biggest goitre belt stretches from
Punjab to Arunachal Pradesh
Gujarat to Tamil Nadu
Kashmir to Naga hills
West Bengal to Kerala
30s - Q4
commercial production of iron fortified salt started in 1985
true
false
30s - Q5
xerophthalmia is associated with all except
weaning
PEM
faulty feeding practices and infections
milk rich in Vitamin A
30s - Q6
prudent diet recommended by WHO has
all of the above
protein should be 10-15% of daily intake
salt intake not more than 5g/day
dietary fat should be limited to 15-30% of daily intake
30s - Q7
dietetic factors involved with cancer include
low consumption of dietary fibre- colon cancer
all of the above
high alcohol intake- liver cancer
high dietary fat- breast cancer
60s - Q8
clinical signs for appraisal of nutritional status includes all except
allopecia
malar pigmention
urinary metabolites
Bitot's spots
60s - Q9
functional indicators of nutritional status are all except
sperm count
EEG
heart rate
serum retinol
60s - Q10
interventions for prevention of Lathyrism include
parboiling of Khesari daal
steeping method to remove toxin from the daal
all of the above
selective propagation of strains wit very low level of toxin
60s - Q11
true about Nalgonda technique for defluorination of water
developed by Neeri, Nagpur
a and b
it was developed in Nalgonda
it involves addition of lime and alum followed by flocculation, sedimentation and filtration
60s - Q12
the main symptoms of Kwashiorkor are
oedema
liver enlargement
wasting
all of the above
60s - Q13
the main symptoms of marasmus
all of the above
abnormal serum albumin levels
little or no oedema
severe muscle wasting and minimal subcutaneous fat- monkey facies
60s - Q14
about stabilization phase in nutritional rehabilitation centre
all of the above
children with SAM without major medical complications are stabilized in an in-patient facility for 1-2 days
feeding formula used during this phase is starter diet
over feeding or over hydration is a danger in this phase
60s - Q15
triage in pediatric patients coming to nutrition reabilitation centres includes checking for
circulation
coma
all of the above
dehydration
60s