Introduction
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Health Fad |
Details (explain details of the fad IN YOUR OWN WORDS – DO NOT copy and paste) |
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fat free foods |
fat free foods were one of the most popular diets in the ninetys because of all the weight people lost. but unfortunately some studys show that fat free food and low fat food actually increases peoples fat intake so stay away from that fab! |
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drug pills |
sure the premise sounded good: there's a pill for almost every ailment, so why not dieting? but the reality of using pills was so much different in the 90's. for instance the weight loss drug fen pen was withdrawn from the market by the u.s. food and drug administration in 1997 due to its potential risk to the heart |
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oxygen bars |
this funny named fad is an establishment that sells oxygen for recreational use, usually for about $1 a minute per person. bar guests inhale it through their nose hoping to relieve them of stress and give them some relaxation time to read a book or listen to music or even finishing work and kids can finish their homework but inhaling too much can make you stop breathing |
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slim shakes |
the so called healthy milkshake that can make you as slim as a stick. they are a calorie controlled protein shake and they are a substitute for meals and it also gives you a little bit of energy so the shake can also be used as a type of boost before a morning run.the shake is also, badly, hard to maintain in long term and you could be missing out on nutrience from fresh products like fruit and vegetables
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just going healthy |
if you just want to lose a few kilos here and there you can try many things like tracking your calories and trying the slim shakes that i was talking about and quitting various stuff like stop eating junk and drinking more water also less takeaway would help. frozen meals like "lite and easy" "healthy choice" also "lean cuisine" |
Task
| Advertising | Why successful | Why unsuccessful | Bad side affects | |
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Oxygen bars |
The advertising can be on tv or YouTube | Because tons of people whatch tv and other media | Because on some ads you can skip it or ignore it | If you get too much you can choke and die |
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Slim shakes |
some advertisement can be in shops, gyms and ads on tv | because people look at ads on tv and regularly shop | because like i said before people have the choice to watch or buy their product it is up to how good you advertise it | it can be sometimes unhealthy because you aren't getting all that nutrience and vitamins |
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Healthy foods |
there isnt really that much ads about it because it is based on your decisions in life | because it gives you more strength and fitness to try new things | because some people don't choose to be fit and healthy and can get really sick | you don't have very much options food wise because there is only healthy stuff |
i would be most likely to try the healthy choices one because the other ones are just too hard to manage. i would be least likely to use the oxygen bar because it can be quite dangerous.
Process
| tasks | case 1 | case 2 |
| health fad | Breatharianism | the Atkins diet |
| name, age, gender | verity Linn, 49, female | 16 year old female |
| duration of fad | 21 days | there was no record of the duration |
| reason for usage |
she believed it would spiritually cleanse her body |
she wanted to lose weight to look better |
| symptoms | she literally starved to death | she had low heart rate and less electrolites. she had low potassium and calcium in her blood |
| did it achieve what it was meant to | no she died of starvation | it did achieve weight loss but she later collapsed in school and had heart failure and then she later died |
| other similar cases | in a seprate incident another women died in an Australian hospital after using a similar fast for spiritual use with breatharianism |
Evaluation
The two health fads in the dr Phil fad video where tanning and Phentermine tanning can be good only sometimes but if you do it regularly it can have serious dangers, It can cause skin cancer, holes in your skin and also serious burns. The type of people that use tanning are people that think that they are not beautiful. The side affects are melanoma, skin burns and sun cancer. This fad is really bad but I recommend only doing it once
Phentermine is a dietary pill that people think helps them lose weight. the type of people that wan to use the phentermine are people that want to lose weight and be happier with themselves. this drug gave the lady tons of energy and she said that she would be like go go go. she couldn't coach softball anymore because the drug put on more weight than it lost. while she was taking the pills she would be mean and moody, she would be nauseous and her heart rate would be pretty fast to the point where she was scared. the phentermine can be addicting. she wouldn't sleep. i would not recommend this for anyone.