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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record TITLE Can diets be harmful? / Christine Watkins, book editor. IMPRINT Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press/Gale, Cengage Learning, c2012. DESCRIPTION 101 p. ; 24 cm. SERIES At issue. Health. NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index. SUMMARY "Can Diets Be Harmful?: Dieting Can Cause Health Problems; Calorie Restriction Improves and Extends Life; Claims that Calorie Restricted Diets Extend Life Are Exaggerated; Vegetarian Diets Help Prevent Disease; Vegetarian Diets Can Be Problematic; Vegetarian Diets Do Not Adversely Affect Athletes; Fad Diets Promote Unhealthy Eating Habits; Fat Acceptance Promotes Well-Being; Fasting and Juice Cleansing Can Heal the Body; Fasting and Cleansing Diets Can Be Physically Dangerous; Broad Eating Patterns Are Healthier than Restrictive Diets; The Emphasis on Dieting Harms Girls; Mothers' Obsession with Dieting Harms Sons as well as Daughters"-- Provided by publisher. SUBJECT Diet in disease. SUBJECT Reducing diets -- Health aspects. DISCIPLINE English Language. DISCIPLINE Liberal Studies -- Public Health. OTHER AUTHOR Watkins, Christine, 1951-. ISBN 0737755571 (ppk). ISBN 9780737755572 (ppk). Location Call Number Status Self-access Corner 613.2 CAN Available