Test Bank - Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing 14e : Assessment and Management of Patients with Obesity

Which statement by the nurse is most likely to help a morbidly obese 22-year-old man in losing weight on a 1000-calorie diet? A) It will be necessary to change lifestyle habits permanently to maintain weight loss. B) You will decrease your risk for future health problems such as diabetes by losing weight now. C) You are likely to notice changes in how you feel with just a few weeks of diet and exercise. D) Most of the weight that you lose during the first weeks of dieting is water weight rather than fat. Ans: C Feedback: Motivation is a key factor in successful weight loss and a short-term outcome provides a higher motivation. A 22-year-old patient is unlikely to be motivated by future health problems. Telling a patient that the initial weight loss is water will be discouraging, although this may be correct. Changing lifestyle habits is necessary, but this process occurs over time and discussing this is not likely to motivate the patient. 2.