How much do you know about fad diets? A fad diet is popular for a certain period of time. It often gets hyped up due to frequent advertising and the attention it gets from the media. Celebrity endorsements are often at the heart of fad diets. These diets usually promise unreasonably fast weight loss and generally promote short term change, as opposed to adopting a healthy lifestyle. See how much you know about diets by taking this quiz.
Bread, cereal, grains
Fish and shellfish
Orange vegetables
Pork
Trans fats
Long-term weight maintenance
Cooking at home
Candy
Barbara Walters
Rosie O'Donnell
Whoopi Goldberg
Oprah
Glycemic index
Diabetes
Sugar
Insulin
Sugars
Fiber
Fats
Vegetables
A guarantee of success
Prepackaged food
Advertising
Celebrity endorsement
Grapefruit
South Beach
Water
Pritikin
50%
30%
Less than 10%
None
SugarBusters
Scarsdale Diet
The Zone
South Beach Diet
Rosie O'Donnell
Gianni Versace
The Miami Herald
Arthur Agatston
Greed
Ignorance
Gluttony
Hope
Proven
Empirical
Hypothetical
Psuedo-scientific