General Nutrition Guidelines for a Patient with a Peptic Ulcer

question 10

Multiple Choice

General nutrition guidelines for a patient with a peptic ulcer center around eating a

• A) well-balanced diet as tolerated, rich in antioxidants.
• B) high-protein, low-fiber diet with no seasonings.
• C) high-protein diet and regularly scheduled meals.
• D) low-fiber diet with no seasonings and no milk or cream.

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Definitions:

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Confirmation Bias

The propensity to find, interpret, choose, and recollect details in a way that corroborates the existing beliefs or hypotheses of a person.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate the likelihood of events based on their ability to recall examples more easily.