A patient who lives alone has a BMI of 34. What strategy should the nurse suggest to help this patient reduce overeating?
1. Prepare a meal and eat it in the dining room.
2. Eat out more often to control portion size.
3. Read a book while eating as a distraction from the food.
4. Cook once a week and store the leftovers to reduce the need to cook again.
Correct Answer: 1
One strategy to control the psychological response to food is to use attractive dinnerware, and prepare a formal setting for eating which would occur in a dining room. Eating out in restaurants should be reduced. Reading or watching television while eating should not be encouraged. Cooking so much that there are leftovers is also not a good strategy.
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