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Evaluating Diet Trends Assignment
 
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Lesson 6: Evaluating Diet Trends (22 slides)
CA State Standard Addressed (adjust to match your state standard):
1.9.N  Analyze the harmful effects of engaging in unscientific diet practices to lose or gain weight.
5.3.N  Contrast healthy and risky approaches to weight management.
Objectives Addressed: 
Define the difference between dieting vs. good nutrition.
Evaluate past and current diet trends.
Research and review  current diet trends to weigh the pros and cons.
Terms Addressed: diet, good nutrition, diet trends, keto diet, vegan diet, paleo diet, intermittent fasting, the Mediterranean diet, juice cleanse, detox diets. 
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Lesson 6: Info Document 
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Defines diet/dieting and good nutrition.
Discusses diet trends.
Illustrates a timeline of eating habits over 40 years. 
 
Lesson 6: Assignments
3.06 Evaluating Diet Trends
Students are asked to research 3 current diet trends and evaluate the pros and cons of each.  They are instructed to use the internet to complete a web-search of each diet trend, gathering information from scientific journals/articles, health and wellness websites, blogs.
Students are asked to describe the diet trend, what types of foods are consuming, what restrictions are there, the goal of the diet trend, benefits of the diet, and downfalls of the diet. 
After students answer the questions pertaining to each diet, they are instructed to make an informed conclusion on their findings, citing evidence from their research.  
 
 
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