Assessing Fad Diets

About 45 million adults go on diets each year, and fad diets promise rapid weight loss with minimal effort. This updated course will help you navigate fad diets, diets that are supported by evidence-based science, and screening tools to identify the difference. Use scenario-based activities to practice identifying fad diets and responding to those interested in them to prevent future health problems or malnutrition.


Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify key characteristics and hallmarks of a fad diet.

  2. Recognize different varieties or commonalities of fad diets for both well-known and unfamiliar diets.

  3. Identify components of a fad diet that make it less healthy and potentially unsafe. 

  4. Define Evidence Based Practice (EBP).

  5. Apply knowledge of EBP to assess multitudes of fad diets.

  6. Utilize tools to educate clients about the safety of fad diets and to help clients identify ways to improve upon specific fad diet recommendations.   

Target Audience: Allied Health Professionals, Dietitians, Educators/Trainers, Social Workers, Public Health Professionals, Case Managers

Duration: 30 minutes

Continuing Education Information:  0.5 Category 1 CHES Credits, 0.5 Continuing Competency Credits

CHES Provider number:  99036

Format:  web-based, self-paced training

Created/Updated: originally created May 2017, updated 5/2021

Author(s): Yosleysy Cuevas, Susana Meléndez, Kaylee Haddad, Almonese Ramirez, Mason Zuniga, University of Arizona ISPP Dietetic Interns; Allison Root, MS, RDN, Instructional Specialist, WRPHTC

Disclosures:  The planners, reviewers, and authors have no declared conflicts of interest 

  

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