Evaluation of a Weight$-$Loss Plan or Program $(12$ points$)$

Task: Before you begin this activity, please read pages $342-343$ A Consumer's Guide to Fad Diets in our textbook. I have also included the link for a quick YouTube video "How to Spot a Fad Diet $(4$:$33)$

Use the information about fad diets and the knowledge you have learned so far this semester and evaluate a weight loss program$/$book$\text{'}$s effectiveness and safety.

Describe the food program promoted by the publication or organization. Is the program flexible enough to allow people with different food choice preferences and lifestyles to use it successfully? Is it adaptable and easy to follow? Does it provide variety? Does the program provide for weight maintenance after the goal weight is achieved?

Describe how the plan works. Does it require substantial registration fees, mandatory purchase of various items or foods, attendance at a minimum number of meetings?

Evaluate whether the plan offers a nutritionally sound way to lose weight. What characteristics make it sound or unsound?

Describe any "case histories" that you hear or read about and your impressions of them. Do the stories sound authentic? Do they sound as though the person's weight loss was achieved sensibly$?$ Do they present facts? Do they contain any "magic bullets?"

Describe your overall impressions of the meeting or plan, telling whether they were positive or negative and why. If you had a weight problem, would you consider membership in this organization$/$ following this plan?