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Q-1 (B)Obese patients with BMI of equal or greater than 32 kg/m
2 have relative risk to develop diabetes mellitus type-2 (12.7 for women and 5.2 for men), hypertension (4.2 for women and 2.6 for men), stroke (1.3 for both) and (2.7 and 3 (colon cancer)) for women and men respectively.
Q-2 (C)In individuals with BMI ≥45 kg/m
2, their life expectancy is lower than people with normal body weight by 13 years for males and 8 years for females.
Q-3 (D)Losing ten kilograms in obese individuals will lead to decrease in fasting blood glucose by about 50%, SBP by 10 and DBP by 20 mmHg, total cholesterol by 20% and TG by 10% and increase HDL by 8%.
Q-4 (B)Obese patient on low carbohydrate diet will show reduction of TG, increase in HDL while total cholesterol and LDL will not be affected.
Q-5 (C)In the beginning of weight loss program, obese patients are advised to reduce their dietary intake by 600 calories which will lead to reduction in body weight by 0.5–1 kg/week.
Q-6 (A)Priorities of topics to be counseled about for a group of obese patients are (1) to discuss their readiness to weight loss, (2) the realistic goals of weight loss, and (3) the healthy diets. Other topics could be discussed later on.
Q-7 (B)Very low calories diet are those provide low energy but supply good other nutrients, it is prescribed to lose weight for obese patients, it provides less than 1000 calories per day.
Resources | |  |
Webster-Gandy J, Madden A, Holdsworth M, Barratt J, Clonan A, Delic J
et al.Oxford Handbook of Nutrition and Dietetics20122nd edOxfordOxford Press41140