The Primary Responsibility of the RD Working with Patients with Mental

question 17

Multiple Choice

The primary responsibility of the RD working with patients with mental health diagnoses is to

• A)minimize food-nutrient interactions in patients with axis II disorders.
• B)provide information and support for eating choices that minimize negative impacts of the disorder.
• C)prevent malnutrition.
• D)promote changes and improvements in eating behaviors.

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Definitions:

Positively Skewed

Positively Skewed, also known as right-skewed, describes a distribution where the tail on the right side of the histogram is longer or fatter than the left side, indicating that the mean and median are greater than the mode.

Negatively Skewed

A description of a distribution of data where the tail on the left side of the distribution is longer or fatter than the right side.

Symmetric

Describes a shape or distribution that is mirrored and evenly balanced around a central point or axis.

Measures of Central Location

Statistical metrics that describe the center of a dataset, including mean, median, and mode.