Talk:Fad diet

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A dumping ground is available: Talk:Fad_diet/Dumping_ground

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I hadn't looked at this article for about a year, and I think it's improved significantly. I particularly appreciate Signimu's effort made to approach it as a phenomenon that has happened over the course of history, instead of a list of every thing that's ever been called a fad diet. Thank you for your work on this article. WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:40, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of misleading material

"Although fad diets may have a negative connotation for health professionals, some have scientific evidences and therapeutic applications, such as the ketogenic diet for epilepsy or caloric restriction and the Mediterranean diet for obesity and diabetes, and several producing similar benefits to commercial diets or standard care when done under professional supervision."

The above content I removed from the lead. It is entirely inaccurate and not supported properly by the referencing. The ketogenic diet to treat epilepsy has never been considered a fad diet, and that is not supported by the sourcing. Also the Mediterranean diet has never been listed in mainstream nutritional textbooks or by health agencies as a fad diet. Not recently or historically. The last line "several producing similar benefits to commercial diets or standard care when done under professional supervision" is not an accurate or clear statement. Commercial diets are not fad diets. Psychologist Guy (talk) 17:13, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The source being used for the "Commercial diets" was this paper [1]. The paper does not mention the word "fad diet" at all, secondly the diets mentioned are all mainstream diets commonly accepted for different reasons, low-calorie, vegetarian, vegan, Mediterranean etc. These are not fad diets. Psychologist Guy (talk) 17:17, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

My first thought was to revert the deletion, but as the article is about "fad diets", then my second thought is that content about non-fad diets should be removed. David notMD (talk) 20:22, 8 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Link to reference #64 seems broken...

..., and doing a quick search I only found this (as similar or related):

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42264838

Not sure what to do, hopefully someone can give a hint. :)

Kind regards riveravaldez (talk) 20:52, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I fixed this as the link has been archived [2] Psychologist Guy (talk) 23:07, 23 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]