Jenny Craig
Jenny Craig
Jenny Craig (pronounced: /ˈdʒɛni kreɪɡ/) is a weight management program that combines individual weight management counseling with a menu of frozen meals and other foods, which are distributed through its centers or shipped directly to clients. The program was created in 1983 by Jenny Craig and her husband, Sidney Craig.
Etymology
The program is named after its founder, Jenny Craig, a weight loss guru who established the program with her husband Sidney Craig in Melbourne, Australia.
Related Terms
- Weight Management: The process of adopting long-term lifestyle modification to maintain a healthy body weight on the basis of a person's age, sex, and height. Methods of weight management include eating a healthy diet and increasing physical activity levels.
- Dieting: The practice of eating food in a regulated and supervised fashion to decrease, maintain, or increase body weight, or to prevent and treat diseases, such as diabetes and obesity.
- Nutrition Counseling: A process led by a health professional, such as a registered dietitian, that includes an assessment of an individual's dietary intake and identification of areas where change is needed.
- Physical Activity: Any bodily movement produced by skeletal muscles that requires energy expenditure.
- Lifestyle Modification: Changes made to incorporate a healthier diet, more physical activity, and a positive mindset into one's daily routine.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Jenny Craig
- Wikipedia's article - Jenny Craig
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