Weight Case Study

Possible Solutions

The children’s decisions on foods and activities lead them to have excessive weight. To find a fitting solution for their case, some factors to consider are as follows:

1. Simplicity

The solution needs to be simple and easy to learn. Trying to lose weight is a challenge, and we should not provide even more challenge by offering a complex method.

2. Approval

Evi’s and her children’s supportive view towards the offered solution is important to ensure that the plan can be applied completely.

3. Strength of Control

The children need a solution that is strong enough to control their behavior on diets and physical activities, so they will not forget and ignore the solution.

4. Weight Loss Efficacy

Since the main goal is to lead the children to a normal and healthy weight, the solution must be effective to help them

“Share and Substitute” Process.

The following are some considerations on “Share and Substitute”:

1. Simplicity

“Share and Substitute” does not require any effort from the children. Instead, it obliges Evi to follow its basic guidelines and modify the way she gives foods to her children.

2. Approval

Rejection from the children is very likely, because the method reduces their power over foods and physical activities decisions.

3. Strength of Control

By giving Evi the privilege to control her children’s diets and physical activities, the “Share and Substitute” method has lower chance to be abandoned compared to “App Control”.

4. Weight Loss Efficacy

“Share and Substitute” can help the children lose weight due to the slight decrease in caloric intakes through sharing of foods or reduction of junk food consumptions, the increase in fiber intake from consuming whole fruits, and the increase in the amount of physical activities by substituting screen time with exercise. However, the true efficacy of “Share and Substitute” is still unknown because it cannot fully control the children’s caloric intakes.

5. Health