Health Improvement PlanBy: Noah McDaniel

Client Overview Name: El Macho Gender: Male Education: 3 years of college Profession: Sales representative Family Situation: Married with 4 kids Chief Complaints: Would like to be

able to exercise more and eat more nutritiously

Overview of Health History Weight: 230 lbs. Height: 6’2” ft. Adult illnesses: none Family health history: history of

cardiac diseases, stroke, and high blood pressure

Siblings obese, Father died of heart attack, Mother had aortic aneurism

Research People who try weight loss plans usually

fail at staying on them and have to try multiple times during their life

The best exercise programs to use are the ones that the clients actually enjoy to do

You have to exercise off more calories than you eat in order lose weight

Limit fat intake and eat less, while you exercise more, in order to lose weight at an efficient rate

Target Behavior Eat more nutritious

Exercise more often

Theory (HBM) High Perceived Susceptibility: higher risk of heart

disease and high blood pressure due to family history

Low Perceived Severity: Very stress free lifestyle, stress-free job and does not believe he is at high risk for getting cardiac disease, but could lose some weight

Perceived Barriers: Does not have a lot of time to work out and eating non-nutritious food is not uncommon for him

High Self-Efficacy: is married, relaxed, and has support from family and friends

Theory (cont.) Changing exercise regime and eating healthier

will help him lose some weight and decrease susceptibility to cardiac diseases

Increased Perceived Severity: Doing good right now, but family history shows obesity and cardiac issues

Raised Perceived Benefits: Increase nutritious food intake and exercise more to prevent cardiac issues even more

Get help from family to encourage him to workout even when he feels tired and to eat nutritious food instead of junk food

Smart Goal 4 weeks El Macho will go from exercising 0 times a

week to exercising at least twice per week Limit fast food to once per week and eat healthier Convince El Macho of the high perceived susceptibility Inform El Macho of the risks of not exercising and

eating unhealthy Tell El Macho the benefits of working out regularly and

eating a nutritious diet Over a 4 week period, El Macho should eat much

healthier and exercise at least twice a week, hopefully more

Get calories down to a target of 2,400 or less daily

Intervention Highlights Watching El Macho get more Macho

Getting to eat healthier and exercise more often when supporting El Macho

Results By the end of week 4, El Macho

exercised twice a week and got his calorie count down to only 2,400 calories

After the the project, he has actually brought his calorie count down to 2,000 daily

He feels less tired and less susceptible to heart conditions

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Mon. Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun.Week 1 N/AWeek 2 X X X X XWeek 3 X X X XWeek 4 X X X X X

Days Exercising

Days meeting calorie count goal

Personal/Professional Analysis Being able to follow a theory model is a

lot easier than trying to change on your own

The Health Belief Model was easiest to explain

The articles helped learn some tactics on weight loss and healthy eating

I learned that I can exercise and eat healthy while helping someone else get healthier

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