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cookcarl · **on:** Aug 2, 2018

If a client is overweight or obese, setting the goal of reaching the ideal weight may be very hard to accomplish. To achieve health benefits from weight loss, how much weight does an individual actually have to lose?

A) Health benefits occur only when ideal body weight is achieved.
B) Health benefits do not always occur, even if weight loss is significant, if obesity is chronic.
C) Health benefits can be realized with only a modest weight loss.
D) Health benefits cannot be measured.

Question 2

Mrs. A complains to the clinic nurse that many times when she eats a large meal she develops abdominal cramps, bloating, and diarrhea within one hour. The nurse suspects she may have dumping syndrome and suggests that she:

1. Eat a diet high in simple carbohydrates to delay gastric emptying. 2. Eat small meals and snacks throughout the day rather than several large meals. 3. Increase activity following a meal. 4. Drink extra fluids with meals.

Mollythedog · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 2, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C
Feedback:
A modest weight loss of 5 to 10 of usual body weight is associated with significant improvements in blood pressure, cholesterol and plasma lipid levels, and blood glucose levels.

Answer to Question 2

2
Rationale: Foods high in simple sugars promote rather than delay rapid gastric emptying. Eating small meals and snacks throughout the day promotes slower gastric emptying allowing foods to be more efficiently absorbed in the intestines. Rest and staying in a recumbent position has been shown to slow peristalsis. Fluid should be taken between rather than with meals.