UPSC CMS PSM - Nutrition & Public Health

A child with bilateral pitting oedema of nutritional origin has:

Consider the following statements:

1. Bilateral nutritional oedema is sufficient to classify severe acute malnutrition regardless of weight-for-height, after other causes of oedema are considered.
2. In the context of the question, “Normal nutritional status” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Stunting is defined anthropometrically by low:

Consider the following statements:

1. In the context of the question, “Weight-for-height” is the most appropriate conclusion.
2. Stunting reflects chronic or recurrent undernutrition and impaired linear growth. Wasting is low weight-for-height.
3. In the context of the question, “Height-for-age” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

During a community nutrition assessment, the medical officer must interpret the finding and choose the most appropriate conclusion.

Wasting is defined anthropometrically by low:

Select the single best answer.

Night blindness is an early functional manifestation of deficiency of:

Consider the following statements:

1. In the context of the question, “Vitamin C” is the most appropriate conclusion.
2. In the context of the question, “Vitamin B12” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A classical manifestation of niacin deficiency is:

Consider the following statements:

1. Pellagra is remembered by the three Ds—dermatitis, diarrhoea and dementia—and can progress to death if untreated.
2. In the context of the question, “Bleeding and prolonged clotting” is the most appropriate conclusion.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?