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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

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