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Fad Diets
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Fad Diets
Reviews and criticizes fad diets that began in the mid-1980s, discussing the response of the medical community and some alternatives, with a focus on liquid diets, their low level of effectiveness and potential health hazards.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) |
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1993
From the Paper:
"Table of ContentsSummary 1
The Use of Drugs for Weight Loss 3
Problems Contributing to Obesity 4
The Rice Diet as a Possible Success Story 5
The Dangers of Fad Diets and Ineffective Solutions 6
Conclusion 7
Bibliography 9
Endnotes 10
Summary
There have been numerous fad diets and many best selling books deal with fad diets. Most quick.slim crash plans backed by someone claiming to be a diet doctor do not work. Some fad diets are, in fact, potentially dangerous and cause heart palpitations and poor nutrition. However, most fad diets and weight loss programs simply fail to produce permanent weight loss because psychological reorganization is necessary to deal with the psychological conflicts that led to the overeating and to change the person's thinking and behavioral patterns. The major stumbling block leading to the diet failure is that the obese person is "thinking ..."
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