Encyclopedia of Diet Fads - Understanding Science and Society

Provides information about diet and nutrition, describing a variety of popular diets, current trends, and new developments in fitness and nutrition.

List of contents

Introduction
The Encyclopedia
Acai Berry Diet
Aerobic Activity
Amphetamines
Anaerobic Activity
Anemia
Anorexia Nervosa
Antioxidants
Appetite Suppressants by Prescription
Artificial Sweeteners
Atkins, Robert C.
Atkins Nutritional Approach
Baby Food Diet
Banana Diet
Barnard, Neal
Belviq
Beverly Hills Diet
Biggest Loser, The
Body for Life
Body Mass Index
Bulimia Nervosa
Cabbage Soup Diet
Caffeine
Calcium
Calorad
Calories
Carbohydrate Addict's Diet
Carbohydrates
Celebrity Doctors
Celebrity Endorsements
Celiac Disease
Childhood Obesity
Cholesterol (Blood Types)
Cholesterol (Dietary)
Christian Diets
Coconut Diet
D'Adamo, Peter J.
DASH Diet
Dehydration
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)
Dexatrim
Diabetes
Dietary Fat
Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)
Dimethylamylamine HCl (DMAA)
Dukan Diet
Eat Right 4 Your Type
Eating Disorders
Eicosanoids
Ephedra/Ephedrine
Exercise
Fat
Fat Blockers
Feingold Diet
Fen-Phen
Five a Day
5-Factor Fitness
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Food Guide Pyramid
Food Safety Modernization Act
French Women Don't Get Fat
Gluten-Free
Glycemic Index
Ghrelin
Graham, Sylvester
Grapefruit Diet
Healthy Eating Plate
Healthy People 2020
Herbal Diet Teas
Herbalife
High-Protein Diets
Hudson, Jennifer
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG)
Insulin
Internet Dieting
Jenny Craig
Ketones/Ketosis
Let's Move
Life Choice Diet
Liposuction
Liquid Protein Diets
Macrobiotics
Malnutrition
Master Cleanse Diet
McDougall Program
Meridia
Metabolife
MyPlate
National Weight Control Registry
Nutrisystem
Nutrition Facts Label
Obama, Michelle
Obesity
Obesity Surgery
Ohsawa, George
Ornish, Dean
Osteoporosis
Overeaters Anonymous
Overnight Diet
P90X
Paleo Diet
Phenylpropanolamine (PPA)
Phytochemicals
Prediabetes
President's Council on Physical Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition
Pritikin, Nathan
Pritikin Program for Diet and Exercise
Protein Power
Qsymia
Raw Foods
Registered Dietitian (RD)
Relaxacisor
Resting Metabolic Rate
Rotation Diet
Scarsdale Diet
Sears, Barry
Shamblin, Gwen
Simmons, Richard
Slim Chance Awards
Slim-Fast
Somers, Suzanne
South Beach Diet
Starch Blockers
Stevia
Subway Diet
Sugar Busters!
Supersize
Target Heart Rate
Tarnower, Herman
Television
T-Factor Diet
TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly
Trans Fatty Acids
Vegetarian Diet
Vitamins
Walking
Weigh Down Diet
Weight Watchers
Weight-Loss Earrings
Wheat Belly Diet
Xenical
Yo-Yo Dieting
The Zone
Appendix A: Timeline
Appendix B: Choosing a Safe and Successful Weight-Loss Program
Appendix C: What's on the Web?
Appendix D: Myths and Facts about Weight Loss
Index

About the author

MARJOLIJN BIJLEFELD is a freelance writer and editor who worked with the Coalition to End Gun Violence and served as the Director of The Educational Fund to End Gun Violence. She is the author of The Gun Control Debate: A Documentary History (Greenwood, 1997).
Sharon Zoumbaris is a professional librarian and freelance writer/editor.

Product details

• Authors: Marjolijn Bijlefeld, Marjolijn/ Zoumbaris Bijlefeld, Bijlefeld Marjolijn, Sharon Zoumbaris, Sharon K. Zoumbaris, Zoumbaris Sharon K.
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2014
• EAN: 9781610697590
• ISBN: 978-1-61069-759-0
• No. of pages: 316
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > Healthy cuisine, light cuisine; MEDICAL / Nutrition, MEDICAL / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Reference, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Dietetics & nutrition, Food & society, Reference works, Dietetics and nutrition, Cultural studies: food and society