Question

what do you think can be done from a motivational perspective to mitigate the obesity epidemic in the United States? When answering this question, try to base your response on scientific evidence rather than your personal feelings (a little of both is ok, but try to balance your personal opinion with facts). Here is some more information if you are interested: http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/adult.html

Answer 1

Obesity : is a condition in which the body contains extra body fats which leading to several health conditions like heart problems , rise in cholestrol levels , BP , Certain types of cancers eating dosorders etc .

Its important to maintain a healthy lifestyles in order to keep our health fine . Hence we need to get motivated in order to work towards the betterment of our health . Obesity is one of the major growing problems in recent times as lifestyles are the main reasons .

According to the recent sudy on self motivation for weight management : Lack of motivation is one of the main reason for poor maintaince of weight and health . We need to apply a lot of behavioural techniques in order to motivate a person to loose weight . it is important to an individual to have intrensic motivation , The person has to have self motivated skills and idea and self interest in order to get motivated for weight management . They need to be aware of the risks and dangers involved in being obese .

Self Determination Theory :Self determination theory is a theory which explains how an individual would be motivated to do things all by themselves and they do not require an external influence is explained in this theory .This Theory talks about motivation of personality that concerns people's inherent growth tendencies and innate psychological needs. Three components of self determination theory are as follows :

1. Competence : ability of gaining success in the task
2. Relatedness : To connect and interact .
3. Autonomy: focus on personal achievement independence.