For this activity you will analyze three different popular diet programs. Do a web search to find out more about each of the diets. The Diet Program Evaluation Chart contains the questions you will answer. Print the chart and, in the open spaces of the chart, fill in notes on what you find. Your notes should be based on the principles of weight loss, balanced diet, and physical activity that you have learned about. After researching and note taking, type answers to numbers one to ten (from the chart) in your discussion entry. Be sure to number your answers. Finally, write a five to six sentence statement about which diet program you would choose if you were seeking to reduce your body weight and why.

Summarize the neurobiology of addiction section in 3-4 sentences. summarize the evolutionary history of cravings in 3-4 sentences. then explain how the "science of getting hooked" article, and these issues, relate to your own life. then connect this discussion to recreational marijuana. new york state is getting very close to legalizing recreational marijuana, which is why they carried out the above study on potential impact of regulation. what are the potential health impacts cited in the above study if marijuana were to be regulated in ny? how do you think addiction would be impacted by regulated marijuana? considering what you now know about the brain, body and addiction, what are your thoughts on legalization of recreational marijuana in new york state?