TY  - BOOK
AU  - Watkins,Christine
TI  - Can diets be harmful?
T2  - At issue. Health
SN  - 9780737755572 (pbk.) :
AV  - RM222.2 .C27539 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Farmington Hills, MI
PB  - Greenhaven Press
KW  - Reducing diets
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Diet in disease
KW  - JUVENILE NONFICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diet & Nutrition
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-97) and index; Dieting can cause health problems / Gretchen Voss -- Calorie restriction improves and extends life / Paul McGlothin and Meredith Averill -- Claims that calorie restricted diets extend life are exaggerated / Tom Venuto -- Vegetarian diets help prevent disease / Winston J. Craig and Ann Reed Mangels -- Vegetarian diets can be problematic / Victoria Anisman-Reiner -- Vegetarian diets do not adversely affect athletes / Jonah Keri -- Fad diets promote unhealthy eating habits / Roberta Larson Duyff -- Fat acceptance promotes well-being / Elizabeth Sutherland -- Fasting and juice cleansing can heal the body / Elson M. Haas -- Broad eating patterns are healthier than restrictive diets / Katherine Hobson -- The emphasis on dieting harms girls / Jeffrey Zaslow -- Mothers' obsession with dieting harms sons as well as daughters / Renee Martinez
N2  - Provides essays with varying opinions on the health issues surrounding dieting, discussing such topics as fasting, fat acceptance, calorie restricted diets, and juice cleansing
ER  -