Question 1
A 54-year-old patient with no chronic disease consumes 2,400 kcal/day. Using the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges (AMDR) from the Dietary Reference Intakes, which daily intake is OUT of range?
Correct Answer:
Carbohydrate 200 g (33% kcal)
Question 2
Which of the following macronutrients yields approximately 7 kcal per gram?
Correct Answer:
Alcohol
Question 3
A patient asks why their dietitian recommended carbohydrate before a long run instead of more fat. Which physiologic principle BEST explains this advice for high-intensity endurance work?
Correct Answer:
Fat oxidation rates are too slow to fully fuel intensities above ~75% VO2max
Question 4
A 30-year-old vegan patient has macrocytic anemia, elevated methylmalonic acid (MMA), and elevated homocysteine. Which deficiency is MOST consistent with this lab pattern?
Correct Answer:
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiency
Question 5
Which laboratory marker is the MOST sensitive single indicator of iron stores in a non-inflammatory state?
Correct Answer:
Serum ferritin
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