Are you on a diet?" To many people, diet is synocymous with weight loss diet ; they may fail to mention they use nutrition therapy to avoid sodium, modify fat, or count carbohydrates. A better question would be, "Do you avoid any particular foods?" or "Do you watch what you eat in any way!" Even the term "meal" may elicit a stereotypical mental picture. Questions to consider when asking a client about his or her usual intake appear in Box 1.4.