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Eating Healthy Plan
Behavior Modification Project
Marcie Speakman
Liberty University
PSYC 320
Dr. Conner
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Eating Healthy Plan
Behavior Modification of Eating Healthy
Eating Healthy
Target behavior
I have been struggling to ensure I get sufficient wholesome meals in my weight loss plan these days. I
decided that it's far more important for me to restrict junk food and make certain I eat enough
culmination, vegetables, and wholesome proteins. A growing body of new research is supporting the
adage that we are what we eat-not only physically but psychologically. For example, studies have linked
diets high in processed meats, fast food, and sugar to depression (Psychiatry Research, Vol 253,2017).
Experiment Narrative
I saved a food diary per week to file what I changed into consuming. I charted each meal breakfast,
lunch, and dinner. I decided that I turned to consuming chips and sweets during school hours. I moreover
placed that I commonly did not consume breakfast, but my dinners included a healthful protein and as a
minimum one vegetable.
Results
I do not have plenty of time in the morning to eat breakfast, therefore I normally bypass this meal. At the
end of the school day at home, I'm very hungry and get some aspect effortlessly available, it truly is
commonly fast food. Since skipping breakfast affects in a good deal many less-suitable alternatives
within the afternoon, I determined it would be vital for me to eat breakfast each day. I am additionally
determined to convey healthful snacks to eat every day. Hopefully, that could bring about buying much
less junk food.
Summary of Baseline
Since time is a problem in the morning, I decided to eat simply for breakfast apples, bananas, and
peaches. I could just take one each morning to devour on my manner to school for my breakfast. I
additionally decided to hold an apple, banana, and almonds in my room to snack on as an alternative to
purchasing fatty snacks. I had fruit each morning, which ended in plenty much fewer junk meals in the
afternoons.
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Eating Healthy Plan
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women's health, 55(6), 492–501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmwh.2010.06.019
