Interview 4 Questions

1.       What is most important to consider when designing a nutritional care plan?

2.       What parts of the patient's medical history do you need to know before making an assessment?

3.       Are organic foods really worth the money?  (Is it healthier?)

4.       Weight that has been lost often returns.  How do you/what do you do to help a patient maintain their weight?

5.       Do pesticide laden produce have any effect on the nutritional value of the food?

6.       Nutritional care plan: rigid meal outline that needs to be followed daily or could it a shopping list the patient can use for reference?

7.       How can you make a nutritional care plan balanced for groups of people with different needs (like a family or a community)?

8.       What types of patients do you care for?  (For example, if you mainly deal with people who have diabetes, could there be a correlation to the location you work at?)

9.       Most unhealthy foods are the cheapest to buy.  How could a person purchase healthy foods at an affordable price?

10.   What are some techniques to feeling full/satisfied faster?

11.   Could  having a craving your body's way of saying you are lacking a specific nutrient?

12.   Which is recommended: Have a meal whenever you want (even if you're not that hungry)? Have a meal at a certain time? Snack in between meals?

13.   Why does weight fluctuate?

14.   How can you create a nutritional care plan while still being respectful to the community/patient's culture?

15.   Are seasonal/local produce better to eat than produce found in the supermarket? Why?

16.   Which is more effective: following a nutritional profiling system or a nut. care plan? Why?

17.   How long must one follow a nutritional care plan? (Is there a time limit?)

18.   About how much weight could be loss just by eating healthy?  (Is there possibly an average?)

19.   What are some important tips to remember when going grocery shopping?

20.   If someone has been following their nutritional care plan, what are the chances they will maintain their weight afterwards? (I'm assuming you can't be following a plan forever...)