Chapter 23 Managing Weight Loss Plateaus And Maintaining Weight Loss Flashcards
A client tells their Nutrition Coach that co-workers bring doughnuts to work every morning. Which psychological barrier to adherence does this represent?
Situational barrier
What two components are fundamental variables of energy balance?
Calories consumed and calories expended
A client has been under a lot of stress which has been leading to incidents of overeating. On which characteristic of successful long-term weight maintenance should this client work?
Coping capacity
A client is looking to change nutritional habits and start a diet consisting of high protein and plenty of fruits and vegetables. Which item represents the best way to initially go about this?
Establish a specific plan for the diet and how to follow through with it.
Which item represents a method for re-establishing an energy deficit after a plateau?
Choose foods with similar volume but fewer calories.
Which item represents the likely outcome of a lapse in dietary adherence?
Increase in energy intake
Which item represents a reason for poor long-term weight maintenance statistics?
Impaired satiety signals
Setting a red-light number in terms of weight regain as a trigger for action can be useful for maintaining long-term weight loss. This is best categorised under which maintenance-associated factor?
Self-monitoring
Setting a red-light number in terms of weight regain as a trigger for action can be useful for maintaining long-term weight loss. This is best categorised under which maintenance-associated factor?
Only keep foods in the house that need to be prepared or cooked (not pre-made or pre-packaged).
A client tracks food intake online and tracks body weight daily. What adherence-promotion factor does this behaviour fall under?
Self-monitoring
A client’s weight loss has stalled after about 12 weeks of weight loss. Which item is most likely to be true?
The client has lost some adherence to the diet.
An increase in hunger would fall under which category of reasons for lapses in dietary adherence?
Physiological
A client increases protein and fibre intake to help feel fuller. Which type of barrier to adherence does this strategy help overcome?
Physiological
Which item refers to the tendency to eat more when a wide variety of foods are present?
Buffet effect
Which of the following represents the best reason as to why resistance training may help with long-term weight maintenance?
Helps preserve fat-free mass
Which of the following diet characteristics is associated with successful long-term weight maintenance?
Low-energy density
What types of foods are the best example of staples of a low energy density diet?
Whole fruits and vegetables
Which item represents the best way to manage a hyperpalatable, energy-dense food environment?
Keep calorie-dense, hyperpalatable foods out of the house.
What two components are fundamental variables of energy balance?
Flexible dietary control
Which item represents a method for cognitively reframing a weight-loss plateau?
Consider plateaus as maintenance practice or opportunities to test the programme sustainability.
A client has just started a weight-loss programme and is trying a low-carb diet. There has not been any weight-loss for the first 3 weeks of the diet. Which item represents the best approach to managing this situation?
Change the dietary strategy, as early adherence predicts long-term adherence.
Setting weekly goals around grocery shopping and food preparation can be considered which characteristic of successful long-term weight maintenance?
Self-efficacy
A client’s home is filled with tasty, high-calorie foods. Under which category of reasons for adherence lapses does this fall?
Environmental
A client has been struggling to lose weight on a low-carb diet. Which item is most likely to be true?
The client is unable to adhere to a low-carb diet.
Modest deficits, flexible dieting approaches, and avoiding dichotomous thinking around food and diets all represent which technique for improving adherence?
Managing feelings of deprivation
A client has been struggling to lose weight on an Ornish diet. Which item represents the best approach to solving this problem?
Find a new dietary approach to which the client can adhere.
Which item best explains most weight-loss plateaus, especially early in a programme?
Loss of dietary adherence
A client sees a Nutrition Coach having previously followed a diet that separated foods into healthy and unhealthy choices. What sort of dietary approach does this represent?
Rigid restraint
Which item refers to the amount of calories provided from a food, in relation to how much energy and time it took to get it?
Optimal Foraging Theory
A client’s weight-loss progress is very slow. The client is reporting a low calorie intake of 1200 per day. Their Nutrition Coach decides to increase the client’s calorie intake to give the person a diet break. Suddenly, the client starts to lose weight again. Which of the following best describes why this happened?
The client had a more attainable calorie intake and was better able to adhere to the diet.
