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Nutrition
Test #2
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Graduate
08/19/2009
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Physiologic Changes with Age (Hint: there are 9)
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Total body water decreases by 20%...
Lean muscle mass decreases...
Fatty tissues increase...
BMR decreases...
Reduced gastric acid secretion...
Decrease in lactase activity...
Decreased gastric motility (constipation, heartburn)...
Diminished senses of taste (hypoguesia*) and smell...
Changes in sleep cycles
Term
hypoguesia:
 Definition
Diminished senses of taste
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Signs of early-onset alcoholics v. late-onset drinkers:
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early-onset alcoholics: FH of EtOH abuse, antisocial behavior, poverty, family estrangement.....late-onset drinkers: more education & income, smoker, depression & loneliness, family support
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