During a diet history, a patient reports that she has been following a new weight-loss diet that allows no dairy foods. She says that the book that talks about the diet "makes a lot of sense," and it gives the reasons for this guideline as "dairy foods are fattening" and "genetic modification in dairy farming has made it dangerous to humans." Which of the following would NOT be a possible
nutrition diagnosis for this woman?
a. Involuntary weight loss
b. Inadequate mineral intake
c. Harmful beliefs/attitudes about food
d. Food and nutrition-related knowledge deficit
a
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