Use the following information about Sally, Melanie, Richard,…

Use the following information about Sally, Melanie, Richard, and James to answer questions 63–67.   Sally has a BMI of 32 and typically consumes processed foods like frozen dinners and canned soups or makes easy-to-eat foods like sandwiches (tuna, peanut butter and jelly, or cheese) and scrambled eggs with toast and a glass of milk. She avoids fruits and vegetables because they are too expensive, and she does not have time to prepare them. Blood pressure = 112/68 mm Hg  Melanie usually has 2 alcoholic drinks each day—once with her co-workers after work and then again with dinner. Her co-worker recently lost weight quickly on an easy, new diet, and now she recommends it to everyone in the office. Melanie started this diet about a month ago based on her co-worker’s advice. The diet consists of the following meal plan, which you are supposed to eat every day until you reach your desired weight: Breakfast: 1 hard-cooked egg, 1 grapefruit, ½ small bagelLunch: 6-oz can of tuna, ½ c sunflower seeds, 1 carrot, and 1 stalk of celeryDinner: 6 oz of steak or ground beef, small lettuce salad with 1 oz cheese, no dressing, 1 piece of fruit (preferably a banana)Snacks: limited to chewing gum and drinking waterBeverages: unlimited caffeine-free diet sodas and water Melanie’s blood pressure = 125/79 mm Hg  Richard does not like to cook, thus eats at fast-food restaurants for dinner every night. He is mostly sedentary at work and does not have time to exercise after work; on average, he gets about 10–15 minutes of exercise every day. Blood pressure = 126/95 mm Hg  Justin follows a vegan eating pattern and typically consumes 4 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables each day and exercises 45 minutes every day. Justin’s typical lunch is bean burritos on tortillas made from blue Indian corn, a tomato/onion/cucumber/sesame seed salad with soybean oil and herb dressing, and a big bowl of fresh strawberries. Blood pressure = 100/76 mm Hg 

Use the following information about Sally, Melanie, Richard,…

Use the following information about Sally, Melanie, Richard, and James to answer questions 63–67.   Sally has a BMI of 32 and typically consumes processed foods like frozen dinners and canned soups or makes easy-to-eat foods like sandwiches (tuna, peanut butter and jelly, or cheese) and scrambled eggs with toast and a glass of milk. She avoids fruits and vegetables because they are too expensive, and she does not have time to prepare them. Blood pressure = 112/68 mm Hg  Melanie usually has 2 alcoholic drinks each day—once with her co-workers after work and then again with dinner. Her co-worker recently lost weight quickly on an easy, new diet, and now she recommends it to everyone in the office. Melanie started this diet about a month ago based on her co-worker’s advice. The diet consists of the following meal plan, which you are supposed to eat every day until you reach your desired weight: Breakfast: 1 hard-cooked egg, 1 grapefruit, ½ small bagelLunch: 6-oz can of tuna, ½ c sunflower seeds, 1 carrot, and 1 stalk of celeryDinner: 6 oz of steak or ground beef, small lettuce salad with 1 oz cheese, no dressing, 1 piece of fruit (preferably a banana)Snacks: limited to chewing gum and drinking waterBeverages: unlimited caffeine-free diet sodas and water Melanie’s blood pressure = 125/79 mm Hg  Richard does not like to cook, thus eats at fast-food restaurants for dinner every night. He is mostly sedentary at work and does not have time to exercise after work; on average, he gets about 10–15 minutes of exercise every day. Blood pressure = 126/95 mm Hg  Justin follows a vegan eating pattern and typically consumes 4 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables each day and exercises 45 minutes every day. Justin’s typical lunch is bean burritos on tortillas made from blue Indian corn, a tomato/onion/cucumber/sesame seed salad with soybean oil and herb dressing, and a big bowl of fresh strawberries. Blood pressure = 100/76 mm Hg 

Use the following information about Sally, Melanie, Richard,…

Use the following information about Sally, Melanie, Richard, and James to answer questions 63–67.   Sally has a BMI of 32 and typically consumes processed foods like frozen dinners and canned soups or makes easy-to-eat foods like sandwiches (tuna, peanut butter and jelly, or cheese) and scrambled eggs with toast and a glass of milk. She avoids fruits and vegetables because they are too expensive, and she does not have time to prepare them. Blood pressure = 112/68 mm Hg  Melanie usually has 2 alcoholic drinks each day—once with her co-workers after work and then again with dinner. Her co-worker recently lost weight quickly on an easy, new diet, and now she recommends it to everyone in the office. Melanie started this diet about a month ago based on her co-worker’s advice. The diet consists of the following meal plan, which you are supposed to eat every day until you reach your desired weight: Breakfast: 1 hard-cooked egg, 1 grapefruit, ½ small bagelLunch: 6-oz can of tuna, ½ c sunflower seeds, 1 carrot, and 1 stalk of celeryDinner: 6 oz of steak or ground beef, small lettuce salad with 1 oz cheese, no dressing, 1 piece of fruit (preferably a banana)Snacks: limited to chewing gum and drinking waterBeverages: unlimited caffeine-free diet sodas and water Melanie’s blood pressure = 125/79 mm Hg  Richard does not like to cook, thus eats at fast-food restaurants for dinner every night. He is mostly sedentary at work and does not have time to exercise after work; on average, he gets about 10–15 minutes of exercise every day. Blood pressure = 126/95 mm Hg  Justin follows a vegan eating pattern and typically consumes 4 servings of fruit and 5 servings of vegetables each day and exercises 45 minutes every day. Justin’s typical lunch is bean burritos on tortillas made from blue Indian corn, a tomato/onion/cucumber/sesame seed salad with soybean oil and herb dressing, and a big bowl of fresh strawberries. Blood pressure = 100/76 mm Hg