Weight Management and Exercise

· Weight Management and Exercise

 Is the weight hysteria in our culture valid, or is it created by groups with special interests, such as the pharmaceutical industry, researchers with vested interests, others in the diet industry? For your original post, respond to this question with your opinion. Cite scholarly literature to clearly provide support for your stance. Remember to include an APA formatted in-text citation and corresponding reference from a recent (within last 5 years) professional journal or website (NIH, CDC, etc.).

Provide your initial post, then engage at least two of your online colleagues in a discussion about his/her initial posts. Therefore, you should have at least one initial post and one response to each of two colleagues. Please note that your postings and responses must be "substantive", which means that they are to be made AFTER you have read the assigned course material and additional self-chosen material. Your discussion board assignments are worth a significant part of your course grade, therefore, you are expected to put thought and effort into these entries.

Original post is due by Wednesday at 2359, and the two responses to peers are due by Saturday of Module 3 at 2359.

An APA formatted in-text citation and corresponding reference from a recent (within last 5 years) professional journal or website (NIH, CDC, etc.) are required in your initial discussion post. Blogs, magazines, and newspapers are NOT considered scholarly, professional sources.

	Unacceptable	Needs Improvement	Competent	Proficient
Original Post/APA Format	Points: 0 (0%) No original post OR Non-substantive post, OR No APA formatted citation and/or reference listing (if required)	Points: 40 (40%) Substantive, including in-text citation and reference listing (if required) in APA format, but with 3 or more different APA errors	Points: 45 (45%) Substantive, including in-text citation and reference listing (if required) in APA format, but with approximately 1-2 different APA errors	Points: 50 (50%) Substantive, including in-text citation and reference listing (if required) in APA format, without errors
Reply to Two Colleagues	Points: 0 (0%) Non-substantive, responds late or missing peer replies (citation/reference not necessary)	Points: 30 (30%) Substantive, responds on time, but missing 2nd peer reply (citation/reference not necessary)	Points: 50 (50%) Substantive, responds on time to 2 peers (citation/reference not necessary)

Late penalty: 5 points deducted for each day initial post is late; 0 points for late or no peer replies