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Question

A client orders a restaurant pasta entrée with creamy sauce and a 20‑oz sugary soda. Using DGA strategies from the lesson, which practical plan best reduces excess calories, saturated fat, and added sugars while maintaining satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

Ask for half the sauce or a tomato‑based sauce instead of cream, share the entrée or box half immediately, and swap the 20‑oz soda for water or unsweetened tea to markedly reduce added sugars and calories.

Answer

Order an additional side of garlic bread to increase satiety and keep the soda to maintain beverage enjoyment; avoid asking for any changes because restaurants cannot modify recipes.

Answer

Consume the entire entrée and soda but skip dinner later in the day; this preserves enjoyment in the moment and balances calories over 24 hours.

Answer

Refuse any modifications and add extra butter to the pasta because increased fat will make the meal more filling and therefore healthier.