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Fad dieting and psychological well-being.
Jacob Burmeister, Allison Kiefner Burmeister, London Moening, Olivia Koenig
Published: 202610.1016/j.nut.2025.112996
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Fad diets--the popularity of which is often spread through social media--promise unrealistic weight loss with unrealistically easily employed methods in short periods of time. Many such diets are known to carry risks from a purely nutriti…
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