Question

Mr. King is 75 years old and lives alone. He has been slowly losing weight since his wife died a year ago. His height is 5’8” and he currently weighs 124 lbs. His previous weight was 150 lbs. prior to his wife’s death. In talking to Mr. King, you realize he doesn’t even like to talk about food, let alone eat it. “My wife always did the cooking before, and I ate well. Now I just don’t feel like eating.” He states he skips breakfast, eats soup and bread for lunch. For dinner, he eats a frozen dinner entrée or a cold-cut sandwich and a cup of coffee. He seldom sees relatives or friends. Mr. King has lost several teeth and doesn’t eat any raw fruits or vegetables because he finds them hard to chew.

1. Refer to the BMI table in your textbook. Is Mr. King at a healthy weight? Is his weight loss significant?

2. Discuss factors that contributed to Mr. King’s poor food intake. What nutrients are probably lacking in his diet?

3. What recommendations would you suggest to Mr. King to improve both his diet and lifestyle?

Answer 1

1,According to BMI chart his BMI is 14 so he is considered underweight.

2,The breakfast is very important in life and good health he is skipping breakfast,he is not eating vegetables and fruits that also important for health, he also taking limited carbohydrates that will leads to loss of weight,and energy.

3,He should keep good relationship with relatives,eat healthy dieat including vitamins minarals and good amount of carbohydrates, drink juices in the place of raw fruits, do the excercises like walking.these will improve his healh.

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