Describe the components of the rapid eating assessment for patients (REAP) and give an example of a question applicable to each category of the assessment.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

In this assessment, a client is asked a question regarding various types of food categories; the client should answer each question as "usually/often," "sometimes," "rarely/never," or "does not apply to me." The categories and sample questions are posed as "In an average week, how often do you:"
Meals: skip breakfast?
Grains: eat less than 3 servings of whole-grain products a day?
Fruits and vegetables: eat less than 2–3 servings of fruit a day?
Dairy: eat or drink less than 2–3 servings of milk, yogurt, or cheese a day?
Meats/chicken/turkey: eat beef, pork, or dark-meat chicken more than two times a week?
Fried foods: eat fried foods such as fried chicken, fried fish, or French fries?
Snacks: eat regular potato chips, nacho chips, corn chips, crackers, regular popcorn, nuts instead of pretzels, low-fat chips or low-fat crackers, and air-popped popcorn?
Fats and oils: use regular salad dressing and mayonnaise instead of low-fat or fat-free salad dressing and mayonnaise?
Sweets: eat sweets such as cake, cookies, pastries, donuts, muffins, chocolate, and candies more than two times per day?
Soft drinks: drink 16 oz or more of nondiet soda, fruit drink/punch, or Kool-Aid a day?
Sodium: add salt to foods during cooking or at the table?
Alcohol: drink more than 1–2 alcoholic drinks a day?
Activity: watch more than 2 hours of television or videos a day?