The nurse is providing anticipatory guidance to an obese teenager. Which intervention would be most likely to promote healthy weight in teenagers?
A) Make the focus of the program weight centered.
B) Begin directly advising children about their weight at age 6.
C) Focus physical activity on competitive sports and activities.
D) Obtain nutritional histories directly from the school-age child and adolescent.
Ans: D
Before providing education to school-age and teenage children, it is important to obtain nutritional histories directly from them because increasingly they are eating meals away from the family table. The focus of healthy weight promotion should be health centered, not weight centered. Linking success to numbers on a scale increases the possibility of developing eating disorders, nutritional deficiencies, and body hatred. The nurse can begin directly advising children on healthy foods starting at age 3. The focus of physical activity should be on noncompetitive, fun activities.
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