PUSAT CITRA UNIVERSITI (CITRA UKM)

LMCE 1012 ACADEMIC COMMUNICATION I

INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE

TITLE:

ROAD ACCIDENT

PREPARED BY:

MUHAMMAD MAHADI BIN MUDA A151568

SET:

10

FACULTY:

EDUCATION ( SPORT AND RECREATION )

PREPARED FOR:

PUAN NORMILAH BINTI A.WAHAB

 SPEECH OUTLINE
TITLE: How diet soda contributes to weight gain

INTRODUCTION

I. Attention Getter
Show a picture of diet soda and obese people and ask question: What is the connection between diet
soda and weight gain?

II. Reveal Topic

Today I want to talk about how you can gain weight by drinking diet soda.

III. Relevance Statement

Research shows that people who drank diet soda developed three times the amount of belly fat as
those who did not drink diet sodas. For your information, belly fat is called visceral fat, located
between the abdominal muscles and the skin and this fat is associated with the increased risk for
heart disease and diabetes. According a research study that conducted by the University of Texas
Science Center at San Antonio which involved 749 participants and aged above 65, explained that
occasion drinkers of diet soda gained more belly fat than those who did not drink diet soda. Those
who already were overweight had the largest gain in belly fat. Therefore, this diet soda proves that
people can gain weight by drinking it.

IV. Preview of Main Point

Today I want to share with you that artificial sweeteners in diet soda lowers the level of appetite
suppressing hormone and contributes to weight gain.

(TRANSITION: Without wasting time, let’s look at my point.

BODY

Artificial sweeteners lower the level of appetite suppressing hormone, leptin

1. Leptin is a hormone secreted from fat cells that helps to regulate body weight.
a) This hormone acts to alter food intake and control energy expenditure over long term.
b) Thus, this hormone is responsible for telling our body when we should stop eating.

2. Sugar causes people feel full or not hungry, but artificial sweeteners repress the natural message of stop
eating and make people to eat more.
a) From this statement, we clearly know that this hormone directly linked to weight gain which, people will
experience rise in body weight if this hormone stops functioning.
b) This is because leptin stimulates a huge appetite and increase food intake when the level of this hormone
falls.

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(TRANSITION: Before I end my presentation, let me recap my point.)

CONCLUSION

Summary Statement: To sum up, artificial sweeteners lower the level of appetite suppressing
hormone, leptin which leads to onesity.
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Closing Remark: Many people believe that diet soda is a suitable diet drink for them in order to
lose weight. But then, some researches have proven that diet sodas did not help in weight loss andyout can
gain weight instead of losing weight. It is perfectly okay to drink diet soda once in a while. Just understand
that diet soda isn’t a magic liquid that will melt the pounds away.

REFERENCES

1. American Psychological Association (2008, February 11). Artifical Sweeteners Linked To Weight
Gain. Retrieved from Science News.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/02/080210183902.htm Retrieved 1 October 2017
2. Boseley, S. (2017, 21 April). Should link between dementia and artificial sweeteners be taken with a
pinch of salt? Retrieved from The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/apr/21/link-dementia-stroke-diet-drinks-artificial-
sweeteners-study Retrieved 1 October 2017
3. Brown, D. (2016, 9 July). Saccharin – Is This Sweetener Good or Bad? Retrieved form Authority
Nutrition.
https://authoritynutrition.com/saccharin-good-or-bad/ Retrieved 1 October 2017