
Dieting Methods and Reaction Time
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Can the way you eat change how fast you react? You test reaction time by having five participants start and stop a stopwatch as quickly as possible. Four follow different diet types:
- Diet pills
- Novelty diets
- Yo-yo dieting
- Fasting
One follows a regular eating pattern. Each participant repeats the test daily for five days. The average times reveal a clear pattern. The person with regular eating habits records faster reaction times than all four dieters.
Hypothesis
The hypothesis is that the girl with the regular eating pattern will have a better reaction time than the other four dieting girls.
Method & Materials
You will find four girls on different types of diets, ask them to start and stop a stopwatch as quickly as they can, and record the times. This experiment will be done each day over the course of five days.
You will need four girls on different types of diets, a stopwatch, and a way to record the times.
Results
The results showed that the girl with the regular eating pattern had a better reaction time than the other four dieters. This observation stands out because it shows that dieting can be risky.
Why do this project?
This science project is interesting because it shows the risks of dieting in a simple and easy to understand way.
Also Consider
Experiment variations to consider include testing different types of diets or testing the reaction time of boys instead of girls.
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