A 15-year-old male client was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus. He tells the nurse that he is having difficulty adhering to his meal plan when he is with his friends. Which nursing intervention is best for the nurse to implement?

Recommend that he avoid fast food restaurants until he is familiar with his prescribed diet.

Encourage him to find activities to do with his friends that do not involve eating.

Advise him to take his own food with him when going to fast food restaurants with his friends.

Assist him in identifying popular fast foods that are within his meal plan for diabetes.