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IHP 200 Mini Case Study One Worksheet
Patient S is a white woman, 43 years of age, and a mother of three small children. She has a long-standing history of significant obesity with little success in dieting over the years. At 5'3" she is obese, weighing 220 pounds. Her fat distribution is "apple-shaped" and, consequently, her waist-hip ratio is more than the 0.8 normal range. In addition, Patient S lives a fairly sedentary lifestyle and does not have a regular exercise program. Her dietary habits do not take into account basic recommendations for cardiac nutrition.
Address the following questions:
The patient is at risk of being diabetic, having high blood pressure and the possibility of having a stroke.
What risk factors are present?
If the patient would exercise regularly and eat healthier, watching her portions and intake proper foods, she dramatically reverses some of these factors.
What are some ways that the individual could change her choices and behavior in ways that will mitigate her risk factors?
She would notice her body changes, loss of weight, blood pressure and blood sugar lowered, and her possibility of having a stroke would be reduced. She would have more energy and be able to keep up with her children better.
If the individual mitigates her risk factors, what positive changes could occur regarding her health?
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With her risk factors I listed, they all lead to death so that is the most negative health effect that could possibly happen to her if she did not change her lifestyle choices.
If her choices and behaviors are not changed, what negative health effects could occur?
I would be straight forward with her, explaining what I stated from the questions asked in this assignment. If she were to change her habits, she would be able to enjoy her children's lives and be there for many moments in the future. Just because she has health issues now doesn't mean she won't be If you were the individual's there in her children's future. I think if it were explained that health coach, what would way, she would find that her drive to have a healthier lifestyle you tell her about her would be worth while and give her purpose. health condition?