Managing Weight Loss Plateaus

Question 1

A period of stalled progress of 1 month or longer

Answer 1

Plateau

Question 2

Dietary ________ reigns supreme over factors behind weight loss

Answer 2

Adherence

Question 3

The most effective way to address plateaus is to address _______. To improve dietary ______, it is important to understand the causes of lapses

Answer 3

Adherence

Question 4

A psychological factor for non-adherence is that people who have lost weight will not naturally detect if they are eating too much, and end up unintentionally overeating, hitting a weight plateau, or regaining ______

Answer 4

Weight

Question 5

It is important to help clients structure their plan to maximize satiety and ______

Answer 5

Adherence

Question 6

It is important to teach clients how to construct their food ________ so that highly palatable, energy-dense foods are not readily available

Answer 6

Environment

Question 7

______ can be considered maintenance practice or opportunities to test program sustainability

Answer 7

Plateaus

Question 8

Decreasing energy intake can be done in one of three ways:
1. Reduction in energy density of food choices
2. Reduction in portion size
3. Reduction in ______ of intake

Answer 8

Frequency

Question 9

To reduce underreporting, increasing prescribed calorie intake may improve adherence, use of meal-replacement powders or low-calorie meals may allow for tighter control of _____ intake, or instructing on measuring food intake correctly

Answer 9

Calorie

Question 10

Increasing energy expenditure to break plateaus can be done by:
1. Increasing formal exercise volume
2. Increasing non-exercise physical activity
3. Increasing ________ physical activity

Answer 10

Recreational

Question 11

Dieting results in strong increases in hunger and are associated with lapses in _______

Answer 11

Adherence

Question 12

Manipulating the size of an _____ deficit gives the client a more achievable target and may become more adherent

Answer 12

Energy

Question 13

Lower energy density, higher protein, and higher _____ intakes are all associated with greater satiety

Answer 13

Fiber

Question 14

Modifying the ______ to improve adherence can be done by reducing food cues and visibility and creating effort barriers

Answer 14

Environment

Question 15

Behavioral education will help promote dietary adherence more than ______ education

Answer 15

Nutrition