In Search of…

As many of you know I am pursuing a Masters degree in Social Work. I alluded to a need for research subjects at the start of Winter term in an earlier post. Now is the time for you to step up.

The question I seek to answer is, “What makes weight loss successful?”

If you have lost weight though whatever means it took to get it off, pills, celebrity diets, gastric bypass, lap-band, WeightWatchers, Jenny Craig, fad diets or simple ‘eat less and move more’, whatever… I want to hear from you.

Please email me sportsfanjohn@gmail.com or comment on this post. There will be basic demographic information I will need from you AND I will ask you to fill out a survey. I’m aiming at having the survey take you no more than 30 minutes.

Once you have filled out the survey, I may contact you again for clarification or for follow-up questions. But your obligations to me will be complete by June 2009.

I can 100% guarantee that your information will be kept in strictest confidence.

Please.. I need to get as many participants as possible from as many ages, genders and the categories I mentioned above to make this effective research (we’re talking my grade here folks). If you would send this to friends or family you think would like to or could participate I would greatly appreciate your efforts. I would like to start getting surveys out to you by the end of March. Also, again forgive me, if you weren’t successful please consider participating as well, otherwise I get skewed data.

I also need to include… You will not be compensated in any way for your participation in this project. Other than the warm feeling you will receive for helping a Grad Student earn his degree and therefore touch the lives of thousands through him.

Thank-you for your time.