Weight Loss Paper

Research Update Form

For your research project, you will need 3 to 5 sources by the time you finish your 6 to 8 page paper. You want to try to prove something about your topic. Your paper is a research paper, but you need to also include what you have to say about the topic; otherwise, you will have an entire paper of cut and pasted material. Try to give some info about your topic, and then comment on it. For example, if you are doing your paper on The Simpsons, and came across a quote from Joe Schmo who said after the first season that the “show will never last and will be gone within a year,” you would give the quote and then follow up with your comments in regard to the info – something like Joe Schmo was obviously wrong. The show has lasted for decades longer than he predicted. Joe Schmo did not know what he was talking about.

Answer the following as well as you can.

What is your topic?

 Weight loss

How might you start your paper?

 How weight loss affects a vast majority of Americans.

What point might you make about your topic by the end of your paper?

The benefits and the importance of weight loss. Why it’s important to achieve or maintain a healthy weight. 

What sources have you found in regard to your topic so far? (Only one can be Wikipedia)

a) Obesity- The healthy benefits of weight loss. http://www.webmd.com/diet/tc/obesity-health-benefits-of-weight-loss

            b) Benefits of weight loss-http://www.inova.org/healthcare-services/weight-loss/benefits-of-weight-loss

b) Why getting to a healthy weight matters. http://www.everydayhealth.com/diet-nutrition/101/nutrition-basics/health-benefits-of-weight-loss.aspx

Outline the plan for your paper.

I.                   Intro

 How the vast majority of Americans are overweight. Why it’s important to lose weight for your health.

II.                Body

A. Statistics

B. Weight loss medications

C. Weight...