Describe how foods may affect hiv treatment

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Assignment: Nutrition

After studying Module: Lecture Materials & Resources, read the case study scenarios and answer the questions in paragraph form for each:

Scenario 1:

Lenora is a 57-year-old Jamaican American female who works as a desk clerk. Her job requires her to sit all day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., then she drives for one hour to go home. She lives alone in a studio apartment. By the time she gets home, she is tired and barely has time to pick up some fast food. She was recently diagnosed with hypertension and diabetes type 2. She is 5' 5" tall and weighs 180 pounds with a BMI of 30.1. Her blood pressure was 150/105 and her HbA1C of 7.5%. The healthcare team starts Lenora on atenolol (Tenormin) for her hypertension and metformin (Glucophage) for her diabetes.

Reference: Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). About chronic diseases.

A. Provide at least two risk factors that may contribute to Lenora's development of hypertension (see Appendix J: Body Mass Index (BMI) of your textbook)

B. Describe what is HbA1C and how is it used to monitor diabetes? (see Chapter 20, page 564 of your textbook).

Scenario 2:

Navigate to HIVinfo by the NIH gov read the webpage and scroll to Healthy Living with HIV.

A. Describe how foods may affect HIV treatment (provide at least 2 examples).

B. Explain how to prevent opportunistic infections through their diet in people living with HIV.

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