Fad Diet Research Paper
Fad Diets
Missy Thoma
DeVry University
Fad Diets
It’s the beginning of a new year again and you know what that means! It means it is time to set new goals and resolutions. Majority of Americans resolution is to either make money or lose weight. Changing health statuses or losing weight is probably the biggest resolution every year. It could be that way because there is an epidemic of obesity in America; nearly 65% of the adult population is either obese or overweight (Whyte, Marting, Pennachio, 2005). Americans also have an overabundance of food, which isn’t healthy for that matter. Obesity increases the possibility of or worsen a disease and can eventually lead to death. Because of that, most are going to want a fast and easy diet, turn to magic pills, potions, and supplements which is not the healthy way to go. There are mainly 3 different types of ways …show more content…
Fad diets tend to be short because they are boring and only consist of certain foods depending on the type of diet. That may cause someone to weight cycle, which is going through multiple short-term diets and it can be risky (Avena, 2013). By only It can slow down the person’s metabolism and can make it easier to gain weight, eventually become overweight (Fad diets, n.d.). Most of the weight that is being lost during fad diets is water and muscle mass, which is easily regained once the person stops dieting (Hobson, 2010).
There are some things to look out for when figuring out if it is a fad diet. Fad diets (n.d.) shares a nice list of some things that fad diets are common for:
Blames weight gain on things like blood type, personality, or hormones
Carries warnings for individuals with health problems to seek medical advice before beginning the plan
Discourages drinking water
Doesn’t address the need for portion control
Doesn’t allow freedom and
Missy Thoma
DeVry University
Fad Diets
It’s the beginning of a new year again and you know what that means! It means it is time to set new goals and resolutions. Majority of Americans resolution is to either make money or lose weight. Changing health statuses or losing weight is probably the biggest resolution every year. It could be that way because there is an epidemic of obesity in America; nearly 65% of the adult population is either obese or overweight (Whyte, Marting, Pennachio, 2005). Americans also have an overabundance of food, which isn’t healthy for that matter. Obesity increases the possibility of or worsen a disease and can eventually lead to death. Because of that, most are going to want a fast and easy diet, turn to magic pills, potions, and supplements which is not the healthy way to go. There are mainly 3 different types of ways …show more content…
Fad diets tend to be short because they are boring and only consist of certain foods depending on the type of diet. That may cause someone to weight cycle, which is going through multiple short-term diets and it can be risky (Avena, 2013). By only It can slow down the person’s metabolism and can make it easier to gain weight, eventually become overweight (Fad diets, n.d.). Most of the weight that is being lost during fad diets is water and muscle mass, which is easily regained once the person stops dieting (Hobson, 2010).
There are some things to look out for when figuring out if it is a fad diet. Fad diets (n.d.) shares a nice list of some things that fad diets are common for:
Blames weight gain on things like blood type, personality, or hormones
Carries warnings for individuals with health problems to seek medical advice before beginning the plan
Discourages drinking water
Doesn’t address the need for portion control
Doesn’t allow freedom and