Fad diets and adolescents a guide for clinicians, educators, coaches and trainers /

Fad diets have influenced our society for hundreds of years. While they are heterogeneous in nature, they make many of the same promises: weight loss, fat burning, muscle building, flatter stomachs, improved gut health, clearer skin, and protection of animal rights and the environment. Not only are...

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Other Authors: Kumar, Maya Michelle., Docter, Alicia Dixon., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic
Language: English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2023.
Cham : 2023.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (154 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I : Content-Based Chapters
  • 1. What Are Fad Diets?
  • 2. A Brief History of Fad Diets and Diet Culture
  • 3. Adolescent Diet Culture: Where Does It Originate?
  • 4. An Overview of Food, Fluid, and Activity Recommendations for Adolescents
  • 5. What Can We Do to Connect and Educate?
  • 6. Fad Diets beyond the Western World
  • 7. Healthy Alternatives to Fad Diets: The Total Diet Approach
  • Part II : Case-Based Chapters
  • 8. Muscle Mania: An Adolescent Male Athlete
  • 9. An Athlete with Fatigue
  • 10. Period Problems: An Adolescent with Amenorrhea
  • 11. Like Mother, Like Son: An Adolescent Who Diets with his Parent
  • 12. An Adolescent in the Performing Arts
  • 13. Global Food Fads: An Adolescent from India
  • 14. LGBTQ+ Adolescents, Disordered Eating, and Fad Diets
  • 15. Fad Diets and Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • 16. Cultural Considerations and Fad Dieting
  • 17. An Adolescent with Chronic Abdominal Pain
  • 18. An Adolescent with a Higher BMI
  • 19. An Adolescent with Strong Beliefs
  • 20. An Adolescent with Acne
  • 21. Food Insecurity and Fad Dieting in Adolescents
  • 22. An Adolescent with a Chronic Health Condition.