Weight Management Strategies Flashcards
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Which IIN concept describes the idea that food from relationships, career, and spirituality can nourish the body more than dietary food alone?
Answer: Primary Food
IIN's Primary Food concept holds that fulfillment in relationships, career, physical activity, and spirituality feeds us in ways that go beyond what we eat.
A client aiming to lose weight keeps a daily record of hunger levels, mood, and food intake. This practice is BEST described as:
Answer: Food journaling for self-awareness
Food journaling for self-awareness helps clients identify emotional triggers and hunger patterns that drive overeating.
The IIN 'Crowding Out' approach to weight management suggests that:
Answer: Adding more whole foods naturally displaces less healthy choices
Crowding Out is a gradual strategy where increasing consumption of nutrient-dense whole foods leaves less room for unhealthy options.
When supporting a weight management client, an IIN health coach would MOST likely:
Answer: Help the client identify their unique dietary needs and goals
IIN health coaches support clients through bio-individual goal setting rather than prescribing diets or diagnosing conditions.
Which of the following best represents the IIN principle of bio-individuality as applied to weight management?
Answer: One person's ideal weight-loss food may cause weight gain in another
Bio-individuality recognizes that metabolic responses to food are unique, so effective weight strategies vary from person to person.
Adequate sleep is linked to weight management primarily because sleep deprivation:
Answer: Increases ghrelin and decreases leptin, raising hunger
Sleep deprivation raises ghrelin (hunger hormone) and lowers leptin (satiety hormone), making overeating more likely.
A client says they eat well during the day but binge at night. The FIRST step an IIN-trained coach would take is to:
Answer: Explore what emotional or environmental triggers drive nighttime eating
IIN coaching prioritizes exploring the root causes of behavior before prescribing solutions, especially when emotional triggers are likely.