When you evaluate a patient with multiple sclerosis, your greatest nutrition-related concern would be
a. reliance on a caregiver to prepare and serve food.
b. the patients frustration with loss of independence.
c. reliance on preprepared processed foods.
d. foods being one of the few things the patient still enjoys.
Answer: c. reliance on preprepared processed foods.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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