Nutrition Risk Factors: Obesity
-sedentary lifestyle?-high-fat diet?-genetics?-ethnicity/race?-female?-low socioeconomic status
Nutrition Risk Factors: Protein-Calorie Malnutrition
-age?-acute or chronic illness?-side effects from medications or treatments?-hospitalization for acute illness?-resident of long-term care facility?-low socioeconomic status
Nutrition Risk Factors: Eating Disorders
-preoccupation with weight?-perfectionist?-poor self-esteem?-self-image disturbances?-peer pressure?-athlete - drive to excel?-compulsive or binge eating?-first-generation relative with eating disorder or alcoholism
Obesity
-greater energy intake than energy expenditure?-caused by genetics, overeating, and inactivity
Protein-Calorie Malnutrition (PCM)
-state of inadequate protein and calorie intake?-can result from poor or limited food intake, wasting disease, malabsorption syndromes, endocrine imbalances, and poor living conditions