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Critically evaluate any three popular fat loss programs. How do they stack up against each other relative to their nutritional profile? Their ability to support intense training? Their ability to provide lasting results?

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Jenny Craig is one of the most popular weight loss program in the US. Based on the "latest Consumer Reports, Jenny Craig came out on top of most weight loss program." (1) The diet plan work by providing "pre-packaged diet food" as a main tool to losing weight. (1) Although it is very popular, there are disadvantage to Jenny Craig's program.

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Critically evaluate any three popular fat loss programs. How do they stack up against each other relative to their nutritional profile? Their ability to support intense training? Their ability to provide lasting results?

The response below are three examples of popular fat loss programs that has advantages and disadvantages to nutritional, training, and long term lasting results. They are not the only three out there. There are other fat loss programs that can be used besides these three. Some of the other fat loss programs are Atkins,NutriSystems, and others.

Jenny Craig is one of the most popular weight loss program in the US. Based on the "latest Consumer Reports, Jenny Craig came out on top of most weight loss program." (1) The diet plan work by providing "pre-packaged diet food" as a main tool to losing weight. (1) Although it is very popular, there are disadvantage to Jenny Craig's program. One disadvantage is that Jenny Craig provide processed, packaged foods as the tools of dieting, whereas most other fat loss programs relied on eating fresh, healthy food such as vegetables and fruits. (1) Another disadvantage is that processed food are not satisfying or delicious compared to real fresh food, which sometime made the Jenny Craig's participant strayed away ...

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