For many geriatric patients, food is less appealing because:
a. they engage in less physical activity.
b. they sleep more and eat less.
c. their sense of smell is reduced and they have fewer taste buds.
d. they have less money for purchasing appealing food.
Question 2
A geriatric patient's cardiovascular response to stress, illness, and injury is different than that of younger patients. Which of the following statements is false?
a. As the heart ages, the ventricles become stiffer.
b .The volume of blood in the body decreases in geriatric patients.
c. The heart slows due to decreased electrical conductivity in geriatric patients.
d. Blood vessels become stiffer from atherosclerosis in geriatric patients.
A hypothesis that suggests an explanation of the function of the gene that is defective in patients
Patients are encouraged to take an active role in their health care.
Role of CD23 on epithelial cells in the pathogenesis of food allergic disease.
A severe food shortage occurred in the Netherlands during the “Hunger Winter” of 1944–1945.
MyPlate has replaced the now outdated Food Pyramid.
Growth of cultured cells from patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)