Question

For Nutrition, please help

Due: On the date stated in your Syilabus Y Case Study 4: Malnutrition and Cancer Understanding the Disease 1. What is malnutrition? Why is it such a concern, particularly for cancer patients? (2 points) What are the risk factors for malnutrition? Why is it beneficial to screen patients for malnutrition? (2 points) 2. Assume you are Mr. Robertson's dietitian and were ordered to perform a nutrition-focused physical assessment. List 4 possible signs of malnutrition you could find during the exam and explain why they would support a malnutrition diagnosis. (4 points) 3. 4. Provide an overview of the pathogenesis of cancer (in general, not his specific type), focusing on the interactions between diet, genetics, and environment. Please compose at least one well- written paragraph, citing your article. (5 points) "Requirement -Please cite at least one review article from a peer reviewed medical/nutrition I that is no more than 10 years old. Your reference(s) must be properly cited, and a pdf copy of the full article you used must be uploaded separately when you submit your case study online. *

Answer 1

Malnutrition is considered as an health problem in which the person take less or more calories of diet that was in need for that person. Also inadequate intake will most probably result in fatigue, tiredness, weight loss, physical or mental health problems.

2. Risk factors for malnutrition can be different in the context, it may be social in case of person having financial problems or it can be medical for person who is suffering from any illness and can be emotional in case of eating disoders such as anorexia nervosa.

It is important to screen the person for malnutrition because to understand the underlying cause for the same

3. The major signs and symptoms of malnutrition were weight loss, fatigue, reduced activity and health issues such as weekness, not able to concentrate on things etc. Apart from that the blood investigations also may reveal about the malnutrition as in case of decreased hemoglobin and other cells, disturbed LFT and RFT etc.

4. Cancer is an illness with multiple factors and most of them will be genetically transmitted and environmental facters also play a major role. Diet and other factors may not be that much important.

BMI is equal to Weight in kg/ Height in meter Square

at 64.5 years for Robert bmi = 25.5 kg/m²

65 years 29.4

65.5 years 29.4

66 years 29.4

66.5 years 27.8

70 years 25.5

74.5 years 27.3

75 years 25.1