Bring on the Questions

Good afternoon all!
Today's post is all about research relating to my topic. But before I get into the details from the class exercise today I should let you know that, after thinking about it over the weekend, I decided to change my main topic. Instead of role models, I decided to research and write about things associated with health habits, fad diets, and  nutrition.
While I do have some knowledge in this field, I would love to learn more than what is just on the surface. There are so many interesting things to learn about this subject and I am so excited to get started!
So todays writing exercise was all about researching your topic and how to do it without using Google. At first I wasn't too sure how this was going to work out, but it ended up being surprisingly easy!
Lets begin.

Exercise 1.5

Research Proposal

1. Inquiry question:
What might explain the increasing obsession with various fad diets and health habits of today?

2. Primary purpose
  Explore; other questions:
    a. Are these diets and habits affecting our culture?
    b. Is there a relation between these fads and eating disorders?
    c. Why is our culture so fascinated by having a "perfect" diet and a "fit" body?

3. Prior Beliefs
 Argue; theory, main claim:
Our cultural today is so enthralled with the idea of being healthy. It seems that every magazine cover or newspaper article is about losing those last few pounds or the secret diet to a longer happier life. My question is where did this obsession come from? And is it truly healthy?

3. Prior beliefs? Personal experiences? What do you think about the topic right now?

It wasn't until last year or so that I realized the importance of good nutrition, health and fitness. A friend of mine, who is studying to be a nutritionist, was talking to me about all of the interesting things she had learned in just a few of her classes. I was immediately interested and started to get really curious about  the idea of nutrition. While I have done some research on the topic I would love to dig deeper and find answers to all those questions that are so often pushed to the side.