Question

4. Your friend tells you about this great new product she learned about that is guaranteed to help you lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks. You decided to visit this products website to check it out. Discuss three things you can look for on this site that may indicate whether or not the site is credible? Provide three recommendations for how your friend might research credible sources of information to assist with her weight loss.

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Answer 1

1. The credibility of any weight loss product site can be assessed by the following parameters:

• Author of the weight loss information should be present with date and all statistical data should be given along with citation of the source of information and other such valuable evidences. The information should have a proper writing style without spelling or grammatical errors. Any information without the above can’t be true. So these can be considered as yardsticks of credibility of the site.
• Weight loss products with rapid weight-loss claims are mostly false. Losing 20 pounds in 2 weeks is just impossible and unreachable. If such a claim is made in a site, then the credibility is questionable. So the evidence of data/information about these claims in the site should be verified.
• If no diet/exercise required and long-term/permanent weight loss claims are given, then the credibility stands questionable, and the site should be checked for clinical evidence of such information.

2. Three recommendations on how to research credible sources of information for weight loss:

• Check if the author's name with date and citation of the source of information is present or not. Check for a proper writing style without spelling or grammatical errors. The presence of the above information indicates that it is a credible source for weight loss information.
• Check if rapid weight loss claims are present or not. The presence indicates this is false.
• If no diet/exercise required and long-term/permanent weight loss claims are given, then credibility is questionable. Check if such claims are present or not.