RRJ#4

Jianuo Li
Core
February 24, 2010

Reference:
Fantz, A (2010, February 24) Virtual meetups spark real fitness Retrieved February 24 from http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/24/sparkpeople.fitness/index.html



Summary:
According this article, the website “sparkpeople” helps people lost weight. The person who named Coats sidelines as a firefighter, but because of her weight, her boss changes a desk job for her. After some bad news she realizes that she must lose her weight or she will lost her job. She searches the internet and finds Sparkpeople, with many women who have the same situations. They get in the group and chat on the internet. Sparkpeople has the certified trainers to give them advice and they also learn the healthy recipe. They also meet each others in the real life. Not only her, there are many different people use Sparkpeople to lose weight. Sparkpeople gives the useful advices and also teach how to exercise and recipe. People who use this website, they think it is really work.


Reaction:
In this article, author introduces a website which could help people lose weight. Now most people have a busy life and sitting long time less exercise make people become fat. It is not only a beauty problem but also a health problem. Busy life make people do not have time to get a good way to lose weight. So this kind of website like Sparkpeople is helpful to people. It has the certified advices and the methods of exercise and recipe. It saves time for people and gives the correct personally way to lose weight. It is suitable for people. People can know their problem directly. However, according the example of people who succeed losing weight in this way, it is really works. So it maybe the best way to help people on a diet healthily.