Jenny craig diet
Background
The Jenny Craig diet is a weight loss program that combines social support, pre-packaged food, nutrition counseling, and exercise
The Jenny Craig diet plan uses different elements to help participants reach a weight loss goal and then maintain their goal weight. The program has various levels of involvement and requires participants to purchase pre-packaged foods.
People use the Jenny Craig diet for obesity and weight loss. It is also used for other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.
The Jenny Craig diet plan uses different elements to help participants reach a weight loss goal and then maintain their goal weight. The program has various levels of involvement and requires participants to purchase pre-packaged foods.
People use the Jenny Craig diet for obesity and weight loss. It is also used for other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support these uses.
Safety Safety definitions
The Jenny Craig diet is likely safe when followed appropriately. It's been widely used without reports of safety concerns.
Special Precautions & Warnings:
Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There isn't enough reliable information to know if the Jenny Craig diet is safe to use when pregnant or breast-feeding. But there is no reason to expect safety issues as long as nutritional needs are met.Effectiveness
NatMed Pro rates effectiveness based on scientific evidence according to the following scale: Effective, Likely Effective, Possibly Effective, Possibly Ineffective, Likely Ineffective, Ineffective, and Insufficient Evidence to Rate.
Possibly effective Effectiveness definitions
- Obesity. Following the Jenny Craig diet results in short-term weight loss. But it's not clear if it's more effective than other dieting programs.
Dosing & administration
The Jenny Craig diet uses multiple techniques to help a person lose weight. Each person who participates in the program has weekly meetings on the phone or in person with a counselor. Participants are also counseled to cope with situations that might make them overeat or choose unhealthy foods. Each person must also purchase pre-packaged Jenny Craig foods, which are meant to help with selecting the best foods for weight loss. Finally, exercise is strongly encouraged.
Interactions with pharmaceuticals
It is not known if this diet interacts with any medicines.
Before using this diet, talk with your health professional if you take any medications.
Before using this diet, talk with your health professional if you take any medications.
Interactions with herbs & supplements
There are no known interactions with herbs and supplements.
Interactions with foods
There are no known interactions with foods.
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