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 Another name for antidiuretic hormone is 

What strategy would be most effective to suggest for management of GERD?

 Nerve fibers in the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland secrete 

A 53-year old administrative assistant recently underwent sleeve gastrectomy surgery to treat her obesity and weight-related problems: diabetes and hypertension. Ms. Wilson will need nutrition education before being discharged from the hospital.  What foods should the above patient be advised to avoid to prevent possible obstruction of the gastric outlet?

Nutrition interventions to ease the symptoms of nausea include ________.

 Anosmia is loss of 

Which of the following statements are true pertaining to patients who are experiencing acute stress and have severe hyperglycemia? 

 Athletes abuse erythropoietin (EPO) because this hormone 

A 53-year old administrative assistant recently underwent sleeve gastrectomy surgery to treat her obesity and weight-related problems: diabetes and hypertension. Ms. Wilson will need nutrition education before being discharged from the hospital.  What best describes the above patient’s procedure? 

A 19-year old female has suffered a head injury with multiple broken bones in a motorcycle accident and is currently in a coma, on a mechanical ventilator and is receiving enteral nutrition. What kind of complication is most closely associated with hyper metabolism as a result of stress?