Fad Diets Trivia: Can You Keep Up with the Trends?

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1.

What 1970s diet has become increasingly popular since 2000?

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Answer: Atkins Diet
2.

What hugely popular diet craze of 2003 was pretty much over by the end of 2004?

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Answer: Low carb diet
3.

What did the 3-Day Diet promise?

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Answer: Instant gratification
4.

Because it is not sustainable, what diet goes in and out of vogue quickly?

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Answer: Cabbage Soup Diet
5.

What did participants in the Tapeworm Diet ingest?

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Answer: Tapeworms
6.

What is consumed at every meal on the Grapefruit Diet?

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Answer: Grapefruit
7.

How much weight does the Hollywood 48-Hour Miracle Diet claim you can lose in 48 hours?

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Answer: 10 pounds
8.

What feature is common to the NutriSystem and Jenny Craig weight loss systems?

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Answer: Prepackaged food
9.

What happens to most people who lose weight on fad diets?

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Answer: They gain the weight back
10.

Who created the Pritikin Diet?

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Answer: Nathan Pritikin
11.

What are the primary foods on the Russian Air Force Diet?

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Answer: Meat, Greens, Fruits
12.

What is eliminated in Phase I of the Atkins Diet?

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Answer: Bread, cereal, grains
13.

What is generally not supported by fad diets?

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Answer: Long-term weight maintenance
14.

Who promoted the Acai Berry Diet on her TV show?

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Answer: Oprah
15.

The SugarBusters Diet is based on what measure of blood sugar levels?

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Answer: Glycemic index
16.

The Zone Diet promotes a formula of 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% what?

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Answer: Fats
17.

Despite its complexity, The Zone Diet was popular due to what?

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Answer: Celebrity endorsement
18.

What diet has become known as the "healthy" version of the Atkins diet?

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Answer: South Beach
19.

How much fat is allowed on the Pritikin Diet?

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Answer: Less than 10%
20.

What diet was created by Dr. Herman Tarnower?

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Answer: Scarsdale Diet
21.

Who created the South Beach Diet?

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Answer: Arthur Agatston
22.

The popularity of fad diets relies on what human failing?

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Answer: Ignorance
23.

Most fad diets make what kind of claims?

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Answer: Psuedo-scientific

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