**7.2 Diet**

Interventions that address nutrition and weight management should become a routine part of psychiatric care. Patients with mental illness did not know the components of a healthy diet. The healthy eating behavior includes:


The lifestyle changes should be gradual and adapted individually for each patient. There are various educational and psychosocial programs that address the issues of health and wellness exist, like ' The Healthy Living' program (Vreeland, 2007; Hoffmann et al, 2006).
