Title: (Optional) Identify the effects of food fads and diet fads on wellness.
Course: Nutrition and Wellness (19253-18) > Section: Understanding Wellness

Identification should include

- definition of food fad
- definition of diet fad
- a list of common food fads and the ways each may influence wellness
- a list of common diet fads and the ways each may influence wellness
- distinguishing food fact from food fallacy.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Do you consider food fads and diet fads a positive or negative influence on food choices? Why?
- Do food fads or diet fads have a big influence on your food choices? Why, or why not?
- How can you deal with fads to continues to make healthy food choices?

Communication

- How can we evaluate our alternatives when faced with food fads?
- Where do we acquire our attitudes and beliefs about food fads, diet fads, and food choices?
- Can peer pressure overcome these factors? Why, or why not?

Leadership

- How can we use our leadership skills to influence others' food choices in the face of food fads or diet fads?
- Why are fads such a large influence on our food choices?
- How can we overcome peer pressure in relation to food choices?

Management

- What management skills help us identify ways in which fads affects food choices?
- What information and resources do we need to make our own food choices even if they run counter to fads?
- How can we evaluate the influence of food fads and diet fads on wellness?