health wk 6

MK1

What are your thoughts on the various “fad diets” including: diet foods, high protein diets, and very low calorie diets.
Do you feel these are more or less effective than to exercise and reduce intake of calories? Why or why not?
What are the medical and financial costs of these programs?
Why do people buy into these diets so easily?
What are the risks associated with each?
Why are they so popular?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of relying on weight tables in order to evaluate body weight?
Why do we still count on them so much?
What might be a better method?

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