Frates notes that achieving a sensible weight generally (there are always individual exceptions) in part, is achieved from a lifelong habit of healthy eating. Discuss aspects of diet patterns and behaviors that support weight management. Please use references from you text such as calorie density, portions, etc. Your answer should be a strong paragraph.

Is a keto diet good or bad? Should I eat more carbohydrates of a certain type or avoid it altogether? Is it only hypertensive people who should avoid salt? Food questions, food questions, food questions. You more than likely run into client questions, such as the ones above, in your work as a future healthcare provider. Frates discusses the ABCD approach to help lifestyle medicine professionals determine appropriate nutrition recommendations for a patient. Discuss the ABCD approach. Remember, that as a future professional you may not do all of these yourself, but in conjunction with other professionals, such as dieticians. Your response should be a strong paragraph. (hint: If you are using the 2nd edition of the Frates textbook, you will find the ABCD approach beginning on page 187)

Please write  FITT prescription for the following example "client" regarding nutrition. For full credit, be specific in your recommendation and make sure to state WHY you would recommend what you did for each acronym of FITT (frequency, intensity, time, and type). For this FITT prescription please only include suggestions for nutrition (not fitness this time). There is a really good example at the end of this module's chapter! Your response should be at least a strong paragraph.

You are coaching an adult male who is 35 years old. He has previously visited a dietician who suggested he increase the servings of vegetables he eats each day. From a dietary assessment, he reported eating only 2 servings of vegetables per day. Please write an appropriate FITT prescription for this client's vegetable intake and discuss why you would recommend what you did for each acronym of FITT.

Nutrition is a controversial topic. You can find nutritional scientists, doctors, and registered dietitians who disagree on what diet is best for health and wellbeing. Although the textbook supports eating more whole plant foods, there is not a "one-size-fits-all" diet for everyone nor does everyone agree with this position. For this question, you will examine the pros and cons of a nutrition viewpoint. If you want to explore the pros and cons of vegetarianism, you can visit the page on vegetarianism found on procon.orgLinks to an external site. or you can pick another nutritional viewpoint to explore. Write a paragraph about the pros of the viewpoint, a paragraph about the cons of the viewpoint, and a strong paragraph summarizing your personal viewpoint after learning more about both points of view.