Promote nutrition and hydration in adult care settings
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What is usually used to identify and measure obesity?
Weight
The Body Mass Index
The responsible General Practitioner
The body’s proportion of muscle to fat
Which of the answers below is the most common sign of malnutrition?
People refusing food they like
Weight loss of 5% - 10% over 3-6 months
Weight loss of more than 5% - 10% of body weight over one to two months
People refusing food they do not like
People living with dementia:
May need encouragement to eat
Must always eat regularly
Seldom eat healthy diets
Are almost always malnourished
Dehydration is:
Only to be diagnosed by a doctor or nutritionist
Treatable but seldom curable and sometimes fatal
When the body loses more water than it takes in
A medical term for a specific illness
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