Ms. Meagan Ridgell

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What are Fad Diets?

• Ms. Meagan Ridgell
• Prepared for 9th grade level
• Lesson on Weight Management

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What are Fad Diets?

• A fad diet is a quick weight loss strategy that
  is popular for a short time.
• Examples the Atkins diet, the South Beach diet,
  the grapefruit diet, the liquid diet

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Fad diets

• Some people try one fad diet after another
• They lose weight and then gain it back after they
  resume to their normal eating habits
• Fad diets are dangerous
• a person needs a balanced diet for optimal
  health

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The Atkins Diet

• Eat 3 meals a day
• You are permitted to eat meats, cheese, natural
  oils, raw vegetables
• Eat as few carbohydrates as possible

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The South Beach Diet

• No bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, fruit, or baked
  goods for the first 14 days
• You are allowed to eat meat, eggs, fish,
  vegetables, cheese and oils
• After the 14 days you reintroduce carbohydrates
  to your diet

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Other fad diets

• The liquid diet water, juice, smoothies, blended
  foods, etc.
• Specific Food diet grapefruit, soup, fruit,
  cabbage, salad, etc.
• Over the counter pills
• Laxatives and Diuretics

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A Balanced Diet

• Food Guide Pyramid
• Bread group (6-11)
• Dairy group (2-3)
• Vegetable group (3-5)
• Fruits (2-4)
• Meat Group (2-3)
• Fats Sweets use sparingly
• Food Pyramid Game

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Fad Diets Homework Worksheet

• 1. What are fad diets?
• 2. Give some examples of fad diets?
• 3. What is a liquid diet?
• 4. Why are fad diets dangerous?
• 5. What is a special food diet?

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Practice What Youve Learned

• Which diet follows the food guide pyramid?

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Another Example

• On which diet can you eat meat and cheese?

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More Fad Diets

• Give me some examples of laxatives or diuretics.

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Still more practice

• List one example of a liquid diet and a special
  food diet.

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The Correct Answers

• 1. A healthy balanced diet
• 2. There are many, the Atkins, South Beach diet
• 3. Exlax, milk of magnesia
• 4. Liquid diet only water, juice, etc.
• Special food diet grapefruit diet, soup, fruit,
  etc.

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Resources

• http//kidshealth.org
• www.atkins.com
• www.southbeachdiet.com
• http//www.usda.gov
• http//www.barrysclipart.com
• http//www.pueblo.gsa.gov

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SAMPLE DIETS FOR A DAY AT 3 CALORIE LEVELS