In providing health teaching about weight loss for a Puerto Rican client, the nurse should:
A.
Explain the relationship between health promotion activities and future health.
B.
Explain the relationship between health prevention activities and past health.
C.
Be aware that being thin is associated with good health.
D.
Contradict the value placed in being overweight.
ANS: A
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