Quiz  /  NEET MCQ on PEM

  • 1. 
    Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) corresponds to a state where the infant’s dietary intake is deficient in

  • Carbohydrates
  • overall calories
  • proteins
  • both and

  • 2. 
    The availability of proteins and energy and inadequate absorption in the body is known as

  • pepsin energy malnutrition
  • pepsin enzyme malnutrition
  • protein energy malnutrition
  • protein excess malnutrition

  • 3. 
    PEM is mostly seen and has the most destructing consequences in

  • adulthood and adolescence
  • adolescence and early childhood
  • infancy and early childhood
  • only infancy

  • 4. 
    Up to the age of six months, this is the ideal food for newborns and young infants

  • soy milk
  • rice cereal
  • breast milk
  • iron-fortified formula

  • 5. 
    Disorders related to nutritions is known as

  • balancing of nutrition
  • insolubility of nutrition
  • solubility of nutrition
  • malnutrition

  • 6. 
    Which of the following diseases is caused by protein-energy malnutrition?

  • angina
  • goiter
  • marasmus
  • tuberculosis

  • 7. 
    A newborn infant, as part of routine is immediately assessed with this procedure after delivery

  • infant functionality scale
  • Apgar scoring system
  • neonatal development scale
  • Dubowitz-Ballard scale

  • 8. 
    Phenylketonuria is a genetic disorder impairing the metabolism of

  • amino acid phenylalanine
  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids
  • proteins
  • none of these

  • 9. 
    This can be the first indication that PEM has led to the permanent damage to the brain

  • low birth weight
  • premature birth
  • a reduced circumference of the head
  • slowed reflexes during birth

  • 10. 
    The type of nutrition in which more nutrients are consumed than the required quantity for normal growth of the body

  • pepsin-enzyme malnutrition
  • mineral deficiency diseases
  • over intake of nutrients
  • protein energy malnutrition
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