The theory behind the Shangri-La Diet suggests several new ways of losing weight. As far as I can tell, they all work at least some of the time. To get an overview of the new methods, I asked users to rate them on power and ease of use. (Thanks to Brian Wansink for this suggestion.) Here are the average ratings (so far):
The two scales were defined as follows:
Power
5 = very powerful
4 = quite powerful
3 = somewhat powerful
2 = slightly powerful
1= not powerful at all
Ease of Use
5 = very easy/convenient
4 = quite easy/convenient
3 = easy enough
2 = quite difficult
1 = too difficult to ever do
The cluster in the top corner consists of “flavorless oil” and “nose-clipped oil”.
I like to think this little diagram predicts the future of SLD: lots of people drinking flavorless oil, lots of people drinking nose-clipped oil, fewer people drinking sugar water, etc. A friend of mine showed me a photo of her when she was 2 years old. Another 2-year-old was in the picture but I could tell which one was my friend.
I collected the data by Web. Maybe I should have used www.surveymonkey.com (as my students have) but it was incredibly easy compared to other data-collection methods.