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MVS 241 EXTRA CREDIT
PERSONAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

1. OVERVIEW

Participate in an 8-week weight management program involving nutrition and exercise. You can choose to do this assignment with a partner, or individually.

2. REQUIREMENTS

A. Goals
Determine 2 or more goals you would like to achieve. Record these goals on the sheet provided (below). These goals should be attainable within the 8 week time-frame. Be realistic. Exercise goals might involve running a certain distance in a certain time; or completing a certain amount (time) of exercise each session. Nutrition related goals might involve increasing or decreasing certain foods in your diet; changing eating behaviors, etc. Body composition goals might include a reduction in size of your abdomen or increasing the size of your biceps, etc.
B. Exercise/Physical Activity
Begin exercising regularly at least 4-days per week. If you are walking, jogging or running your goal is to cover 45 minutes per session, non-stop. Record distance covered each session.
If you swim, your goal is to cover 1-mile non-stop. If you are a competitive (or former competitive swimmer) you goal is to cover 1.5 miles non-stop. Record the time to cover the desired distance for each session.
C. Nutrition
Participate in a calorie-monitoring program. If you want to lose weight your caloric intake should be between 1000 to 2400 kCal per day. Records all food consumption every 2-3 weeks (See course Assignment #1 (pdf download)).
D. Body Composition
Maintain records of body mass, and other body composition variables (abdominal, buttocks, and relaxed and flexed upper arm girth) every 2 weeks.
E. Data Recording/Presenting
Maintain detailed records of exercise, nutrition and body compositional aspects of your program throughout 8-10 weeks. Produce graphs, tables and summary information about yourself. You will have to decide how to present this information. (If you need help, see the professor.)

3. ASSIGNMENT

A. Write up a “research report” on yourself, answering the questions that follow. Write the paper in the third person as if you were a scientist reporting on a subject (you). The paper could take the form of a research article, it could simply be answers to the questions, or it could be in the form of a term paper. The paper must be between 8 and 20 pages.B. Make detailed graphs, charts, tables of the subject’s activities. You should include exercise, nutrition and body composition data, at the least.
In your paper deal with the following questions:

1. Exercise - What changes, if any were noted in sleep patterns? Did exercise have any effect on your physical endurance? If so, explain. Did the you exercise more than originally planned? Why. Why not? Did the you reach your goals? Why. Why not? Describe the quantity and quality of the program.2. Nutrition - Provide a brief history of the you food habits? Were eating patterns changed during the experiment? If so, explain. What was the most difficult aspect of changing eating patterns? Describe the three most important nutritional principles learned during this experiment.3. Body Composition - Report the body composition changes that took place over the course of the experiment? Explain in detail. Were goals attained? If no, why? Which variable, exercise or diet do you feel has the greatest effect on body composition changes. Explain.

4. GRADING - maximum 10 points

Your paper will be graded on uniqueness, clarity, creativity, quantitativeness, and completeness. You are required to use at least 3 references in your write-up.

MVS 241
Weight Management Assignment

MVS 241 EXTRA CREDIT
PERSONAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

1. OVERVIEW

2. REQUIREMENTS

3. ASSIGNMENT

In your paper deal with the following questions:

4. GRADING - maximum 10 points

MVS 241
Weight Management Assignment

NAME _______________ Semester _

GOALS

1. Exercise:
_________________________
_
_________________________

2. Nutrition:
_________________________
_
_________________________

3. Body Composition:
_________________________
_
_________________________

Other:
_
_

MVS 241 EXTRA CREDIT PERSONAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

1. OVERVIEW

2. REQUIREMENTS

3. ASSIGNMENT

In your paper deal with the following questions:

4. GRADING - maximum 10 points

MVS 241 Weight Management Assignment

NAME ___________________________ Semester _____________

GOALS

1. Exercise: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

2. Nutrition: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

3. Body Composition: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

Other: _________________________________________________ _________________________________________________

MVS 241 EXTRA CREDIT
PERSONAL WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

MVS 241
Weight Management Assignment

NAME _______________ Semester _

1. Exercise:
_________________________
_
_________________________

2. Nutrition:
_________________________
_
_________________________

3. Body Composition:
_________________________
_
_________________________

Other:
_
_