Questions To Ask About Food and Drink

EATING FOR WHOLE HEALTH - QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK
FOOD AND DRINK QUESTIONS

General
• Do you have any concerns that you believe are related to the way you eat?
• How would you describe your relationship with eating?
• Are you satisfied with your eating habits? Why or why not?
• Do you ever skip a meal? How often, and which meals?
• What is typically your biggest meal?
• What are your favorite foods? What don’t you like?
• What would you like to focus on today, in terms of your nutrition?
• Why is healthy nutrition important to you?
Eating and Drinking Patterns

• What is your eating pattern? How many meals do you eat a day, and when do you
eat them?
• Have you recently changed the way you eat? If yes, for what reason?
• Do you follow a specific diet? Vegetarian? Low-carb? Mediterranean?
• How often do you eat out? What types of restaurants (fast food, fast casual, casual,
fine dining)? What do you usually order?
• How often do you eat fast food? What do you usually get?
• How much water do you drink in a day?
• Do you drink anything else regularly (e.g. sodas, alcohol, caffeinated drinks, juice,
sports drinks)?
• Do you ever eat when you are not hungry?
• Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night and eat?
• Do you ever binge eat?
• What is the most important thing for me to know about the role food plays in your
life?
• What do you typically eat for breakfast? Lunch? Dinner? Snacks?
• Do you ever skip meals or fast?
• What are your comfort foods?
• Are you taking any vitamins, minerals, or other dietary supplements? Why?
Eating and Body Weight

• Have you been eating more or less than normal? If yes, for what reason?
• What is your usual weight?
• Have you gained or lost weight recently?
• What is your highest weight in adulthood? When were you that weight?
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EATING FOR WHOLE HEALTH - QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT FOOD AND DRINK
• What is your lowest weight? When were you that weight?

• Have you ever tried to intentionally lose weight? How much? If you succeeded, did
you ever regain it back? How much? Why was it regained?
• What weight loss strategies (diets, exercise programs, etc.) have you used?
• Do you have the same body type as anyone else in your family?
Context for Eating

• Who are the members of your household? Who does the food shopping and
preparation?
• Do you share your meals with others? Who?
• Who participates in food choices and mealtime in your household?
• Are the other members of your household supportive of your efforts to make dietary
changes?
• Where do you eat? (At the kitchen/dining room table, in front of the tv/computer, in
the car, at your desk, etc.)
Mindful Awareness and Nutrition

• Sometimes hunger is physical, but it can also be emotional or mental. When you eat,
what part of yourself are your feeding?
• Are you an emotional, or stress, eater?
• Are you conscious of your cravings? What do you tend to crave and when?
• What factors influence how you choose your food?
• Do you do other activities, like driving, working, or watching TV while you are
eating?
• How do you feel after eating? Physically (e.g. satisfied, stuffed, still hungry)?
Emotionally (e.g. content, guilty, angry)?
Nutrition and Symptoms

• Are there any foods that do not agree with you?
• Do you have any food allergies, intolerances or sensitivities that you are aware of?
What reactions have you noticed?
• How much of a role do you think what you eat plays in how you are feeling?
• Have you noticed that what you eat and drink affect your sleep?
• Do you ever feel like particular foods cause you to have more or less pain?
• Do any foods give you heartburn, gas, bloating, diarrhea or constipation? How soon
after eating these do you notice these symptoms?
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FOOD AND DRINK QUESTIONS

Eating and Drinking Patterns

Eating and Body Weight

VHA/Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Tranformation June 1, 2017

• What is your lowest weight? When were you that weight?

Context for Eating

Mindful Awareness and Nutrition

Nutrition and Symptoms

VHA/Office of Patient Centered Care & Cultural Tranformation June 1, 2017

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