While taking a diet history the nurse might be told that the expectant mother has cravings for ice chips,cornstarch,and baking soda.This represents a nutritional problem known as:

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The consumption of foods low in nutritional value or of nonfood substances (e.g.,dirt,laundry starch)is called pica.Preeclampsia is a vasospastic disease process encountered after 20 weeks of gestation.Characteristics include increasing hypertension,proteinuria,and hemoconcentration.A burning sensation in the epigastric region is pyrosis,otherwise known as heartburn.Purging refers to self-induced vomiting after consuming large quantities of food.

While Taking a Diet History the Nurse Might Be Told