Assignment 2 Evaluation of a Weight Loss Program

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Assignment 2 Evaluation of a Weight LossProgramEvaluation of a Weight Loss ProgramMany Americans believe that they are overweight, from a few pounds to a few hundred pounds. Becauseof this, weight loss systems are big business. For this assignment you are to select weight loss system andevaluate it in terms of the information about the physiology of ingestive behavior covered this week.Find a Web site/brochure/popular article/advertising about weight control that proposes a mechanismfor loss of excess weight.Document the key proposals in terms of the main claims for successfor the program (for example:restriction of fat, small portions).Describe the reasons provided for the effectiveness of the program (for example: A full stomachreduces hunger, etc.).Discuss the physiological components involved in the weight loss program. Clearly express anunderstanding of the physiology of the process of hunger, satiation, eating, and drinking as relevantfor the weight loss method being described (for example: Long periods between meals would be likelyto reduce blood sugar levels).Present a critique of the materials based on the module information on eating and weight regulation.Evaluate the proposal and suggest whether you would try this weight loss system or recommend it tosomeone else. Explain why or why not.

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Introduction:Weight loss is a topic that has become more prevalent over the past ten years.Many healthcare professionals agree that it is important to maintain a properweight and maintain an active lifestyle. Some people find a balance of diet andexercise to help maintain a weight that allows them to remain healthy andactive. However, many people find it increasingly difficult to keep their weightunder control. When individuals are faced with an event in their life that theyneed to lose weight, it can often be difficult to find a program that works toaccomplish this goal. Many people also have difficulty remaining attentive totheir diet and exercise plan.Being overweight and being obese is a major problem within the United Statesof America. Overweight and obesity is defined by the Center for DiseaseControl and Prevention as “An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 isconsidered overweight, while an adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher isconsidered obese” (2014a). CDC Growth Chartsare used to determine thecorresponding BMI-for-age and sex percentile for children and adolescents agestwo to nineteen years old. Based on these charts, overweightis defined as aBMI at or above the 85th percentile and lower than the 95th percentile forchildren of the same age and sex, while Obesityis defined as a BMI at or abovethe 95th percentile for children of the same age and sex (CDC, 2014b).Obesity rates are rising every year around the globe. However, these ratesincrease more rapidly in the United States than most other countries. Currently,thirty-four percent of males, and thirty-seven percent of females ages twenty toseventy-four are considered obese (Heart Association, 2013). Additionally,about thirty-six percent of school age children are also obese. These statisticsare compared to statistics from the year nineteen eighty-eight. In nineteeneighty-eight, about fourteen percent of males and seventeen percent of femalesagetwentytoseventy-fouryearsoldwereconsideredtobeobese.Incomparison, in nineteen eighty-eight, only about twenty-two percent of schoolage children were considered obese (Heart Association, 2013). It is necessary toinvestigatenewmethodstoassistpeopleintheprocessoflosingandmaintaining their weight.One resource that is becoming more recognized is hypnosis. Hypnosis is aprocess that essentially connects the conscious mind to the subconscious mind.There are a variety of different ways to help facilitate this communication, themost common example being spoken words and use of relaxation techniques

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(Hypnosis… pt. 1, 2013). Hypnosis is currently used to help people workthrough many different problems, including smoking cessation, weight loss, andfear and anxiety management. While these three topics have very differentcausative factors, hypnosis uses relaxation and tranquility to help people workthrough these problems (Hypnosis… pt. 2, 2013).Katherine Zeratsky (2014) is a Registered Dietician for the Mayo Clinic, statedthat “Hypnosis is a state of inner absorption and concentration, like being in atrance. Hypnosis is usually done with the help of a hypnotherapist using verbalrepetition and mental images. When you're under hypnosis, your attention ishighly focused, and you're more responsive to suggestions, including behaviorchanges that can help you lose weight”.Paul McKenna, PhD is an expert in the field of hypnosis for weight loss.McKennadescribesthehumanbrainasbeingsimilartoacomputer. Acomputer stores information and completes tasks based on what the computerhas learned. This is very similar to what the human brain does. The human brainis trained to do many different things, one of these being to crave food. Cravingand eating habits are a learned behavior and therefore we can reprogram ourminds to eat less, control cravings, and feel better about ourselves (Hypnosis…pt.1, 2013).However, it is known that hypnosis cannot solely solve a person’s weight lossproblem. Hypnosis can help with weight loss when combined with diet andexercise.Theamountofextraweightlostwillvaryfromindividualtoindividual (Zeratsky, 2014). After all, the desire to change must come fromwithin.Problem Statement:There has been an increased attention to diet and exercise program over the pastten years. There has also been agreat emphasis placed on the health risks ofbeing overweight or obese. Despite all of this information being presented insociety, obesity is still a current problem.Hypothesis:Individuals who participate in hypnosis for weight loss sessions combined withdiet and exercise will lose more weight than individuals who participate in dietand exercise alone.Operational Definitions:

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