My main focus is on the effectiveness and comparison of weight loss communities both online and off-line for the overweight woman. My concentration off-line is on weight loss group meetings and daily workout programs at the gym. The former offers weight loss through point system and group therapy and the latter guarantees weight loss of 10lbs within a month by using diet and exercise with all information given online. The importance of online weight loss communities could be rated by the following major factors discussed below. An individual's identity remains anonymous.
Convenience plays a major role.
Personalized attention is a key to using online programs. Cyberspace could be used for those women who prefer an anonymous approach. Social networks of obese people are small in comparison to those of people of normal weight. Therefore, it is hard for an overweight person to join a gym and not feel a sense of belonging to the group. This could also be depressing and even cause a person to stay away.