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It great that this article is aimed at promoting awareness of what a healthy diet shouldn't be but could have a gone into a little more information on what a healthy diet should look like. Everyone knows what the old and outdated food pyramid looked like but can anyone recall what they actually replaced it with? From what I know, high carb foods were moved away from the broadest food group of consumption because people don't need as much energy as they once did to survive. However, it is something that definitely should still be incorporated into the modern day diet. The article also mentions that health professionals should "be alerted to cues the she's following a fad diet" and assumes larger women are following these diets when lots of the culprits are adolescence and males as well. Males who "shed" are on low carb, high protein diets and youth who feel they need to uphold the ideal body type to be considered beautiful by societies standards often go for a low calorie diet leading to binge eating, anorexia and bulimia. Lastly, in most cases the BMI is a general and mostly accurate way of determining a healthy weight range but its not alway the case and just like each individuals healthy diet, what is considered healthy actually changes from person to person.

@felicefelixes Yes, I agree, especially about the carbs. It's unhealthy to avoid entire food groups, and all the 'hype' that has constantly been associated with carbs, has definitely given them a bad rap. Like everything, it's about moderation, I think you highlighted an important topic in relation to 'carb loading' before a race. Everyone has different energy and nutrition requirements at any one given time, whether they're in training, recovering from illness, or a diabetic etc. What saddens me is the highly emotive language we have come to associate with certain food groups and/or body types, that becomes ingrained from early childhood. The media also plays a large role in this which often leads to endless efforts to reach both unhealthy and unachievable bodies. Often society is so focussed on the number on the scales, rather than being healthy and happy with what our bodies can do. Too often it's easier to fall into the cycle of self-sabotage, magnifying our physical flaws.

The FAD Diet article presented is an intriguing and debatable topic, I think it is important to note a lot of these diets rely on media coverage and celebrity endorsement to reach a wide mainstream audience. Take the Paleo diet there are 2 clear distinct sides of for and against. I believe celebrity endorsement from Pete Evans has garnered this diet to reach a mainstream audience both positively and negatively. Another example which could be more relevant is the example of Mardy Fish who at one stage was no.7 in the men's tennis singles rankings he equates some of his success to the Atkin's Diet. Some interesting articles on Paleo and Atkin's Diets. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/aug/18/paleo-diet-critics-science http://www.shape.com/celebrities/star-trainers/trainer-who-keeps-us-open-star-mardy-fish-fit-and-healthy With thanks Tom Egan

Hi Everyone, Could people please add their name at the end of their posts? That way others know who to address their response to. Particularly if your username is your student ID number it makes it difficult to identify who wrote the post..... that's a lot of numbers to remember! ; ) Thanks. - Melissa.

Hi All, Thank you for your contributions to the discussion, some really good insights. It would be good to get some more comments from other group members and remember to put your name at the end so we know who it is from. Matt

Hi, It seems that FAD diets have only come to fruition after an obesity epidemic has hit a country. I can see why people would want to lose weight fast but the only real way is to eat smart and exercise as much as possible. It is not healthy to completely cut specific food groups out of your diet, especially so suddenly. The best way is to ease into it and gradually change your diet. The unluckiest thing about having to go onto a FAD diet is that it takes much longer to cut the weight that you put on so quickly. Individuals ranging from health professionals to tradesmen will have a different view on these diets. The tradesman who may be training for some sort of muscle-building competition and aims to cut out certain foods. Whereas the health professional who lives her life by what she believes is healthy/unhealthy will never believe that these diets are effective. Will Peters - 101463930

Obesity is one of the major factors that contribute towards heart diseases. Whereas fads diet is high in fats and long term use of fads diet will lead to high blood cholesterol level and this will lead to heart diseases. Therefore fads diet is not a healthy fix to losing weight. Simon

This article aware about the diet which we need in our daily life for good body order.Talking about FAD diets,these restricts to a particular diet plan for the weight loss and as a result can lead to deficiency of various nutrients and dietary extremes can lead to bad nutrition.Snappy weight reductions eating methodologies are only a brief arrangement.Perpetual changes are the best way to stay at your objective weight once you achieve it.So i think one should eat balance diet consisting of all nutrients and less fat for the consistent weight loss and do proper workout.o so i think this is better way to reduce weight rather than that.So always practice mindful eating.

Fad diets, in particular the "Get thin quick!" money making scheme clearly plays on people's vulnerabilities to convince them that there is an easy and effective way for them to lose weight in a quick amount of time. They'd be correct of course - there *is* a way to lose weight effectively in a short space of time - exercise. The trouble is, it *will* require hard work. "High-protein, low-carbohydrate diets can produce rapid weight loss. But if a dieter goes back to eating carbohydrates, the body turns much of the foot into fat to prepare for another episode of starvation. So people who quit the diet may gain weight more quickly than ever." - Very interesting to read this and confirms what I have read elsewhere, which says that most people who lose weight will gain it back. "Nearly 65 percent of dieters return to their pre-dieting weight within three years, according to Gary Foster, Ph.D., clinical director of the Weight and Eating Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania. The statistics for dieters who lose weight rapidly, according to Wellsphere, a website sponsored by Stanford University, is worse. Only 5 percent of people who lose weight on a crash diet will keep the weight off." BMI - "Considered the best way to determine obesity." It might be the best way, but it still has issues - a cousin of mine who I wouldn't consider obese in the slightest, is considered to have a BMI in the 'overweight' category - again, not because she's actually fat, but simply because she's short. This fact, that women are on average shorter than men, along with the whole fat acceptance movement (for example, http://haescommunity.com/) might help explain the reason behind recent reports of women being more overweight than men on average (http://www.medicaldaily.com/obesity

There would be no reason to attempt such a drastic diet change if one were properly eating and exercising already. Trying to fix a poor overeating behaviour with a poor and temporary undereating behaviour couldn't lead to much weight improvement after the diet has stopped regardless of its effectiveness at the time. It should be obvious to most people that it isn't sustainable long-term to go between these two extremes without permanent health repercussions. Unfortunately the media's portrayal of this behaviour as something celebrities frequently participate in is a terrible influence to those unhappy with their appearance and looking up to these people. One might even suspect that the media wants people to lack proper knowledge on how to maintain their weight in order to financially exploit them.

This article was an interesting read, albiet being nothing too surprising. Since it took many years for our body to become the way it is now (and remain relatively healthy), it is impossible to lose so much weight in a short period of time without any health risks. This is especially true for people who think that eating differently without exercising will make a difference worth boasting about, because as soon as their body is closer to their ideal, they'll stop the diet, and as the article stated; "people who quit the diet may gain weight more quickly than ever". If people are serious about their health and want to diet, they ought to do it properly and have realistic expectations. James

this article is based on the fact that how few different types of FAD types intended to cause rapid weight loss, but a bad impact on health and also how they throw balanced and nutritious diet. i consider this article carefully because i think it speaks to the fundamental issue of FAD dieting. it isn't nutritious. simran

Ah, the too-good-to-be-true world of fad dieting. Even for those of us who can spot a scheme when we see it, the mind can't help but think of ways this product could work. Which one of us hasn't looked at the latest fad diet and almost bought into it? Not knowing the more detailed ins and outs of the fad dieting world until reading this article, it really raises questions about how valuable physical attractiveness seems in our society in comparison to being healthy on the inside. Fad diets are a product of our society's obsessiveness with seeming like we have the optimal healthy body on the outside, rather than focusing on what we are doing to our insides in the long run. People are willing to risk their own health for the next quick fix! Olivia L

Unfortunately, I don't have much experience with dieting and am not really one to give into any particular FAD. After all, FAD's are usually designed to exploit the baser side of human nature, which seeks to fulfill or compensate for a particular want or need (usually superficial) in an expedient manner as possible -- thereby inherently prone to manipulation. Although I guess if it's between reading a scientific journal case study or research article on weight loss vs. articles with click bait titles and deceptive pictures, most people will invariably choose the latter. It kind of makes you wonder how much nicer the world would be if the majority were scientifically literate or possessed the necessary critical thinking skills to avoid falling for these misleading shams. Christian - 5482550

I'm very inserted in the topic. I really want to lose my weight and I always read some the same articles to find a good way to help my lose weight. I agree with the Felicia said,I also tried different kinds of ways to quickly lose my weight. Like only eat apple to keep three days,even I try to many weight-loss drugs. I'm lucky I'm still alive, because I found only one right way is healthy lose weight, keep fitness and eat healthy food is very important. This can keep long time and good for our health. Vivian-131489467

Fad diets usually designed for those people who want lose weight quickly and easily . There is no scientific proof that can reduce weight or keep great physical health.I think the simple principle of good diets is eat less , more sport,eat lots of fruits and vegetables , we should keep this habit in a long term. The same with fake news report, some media is the mental drug ,they in order to economic interests to report incorrect healthy weight standards. They transmits all kinds of information without hesitation to people and make people confused. In our daily life we need to think rationally instead of following others' opinion. Carrie 101363649

Firstly, Fad diet is the kind of diet which helps to loose quick weight loss but it is some what a unhealthy and not a balanced diet. yea, I haven't tried this types of diet but i have seen some not my friends and relatives trying to loose their diet following such unhealthy. This article is about the negativity of fad diet. It provides awareness about the fad diet due to which people are involving themselves in such a unhealthy trend of loosing weight. According to the article, fad diet is not good for our health. Fad diet are been schemes like as "get thin quickly". In the name of diet people eat the food that is with high nutrition and with low carbohydrate with is not good for our health. Therefore, this article is a key which provides knowledge to the people are following this diet (fad diet) about the harmfulness of fad died and it also a kind of awareness article which spread the importance of health every individual .