Fad Diets: Hype or Hope?

@article{Kuchkuntla2018FadDH,
  title={Fad Diets: Hype or Hope?},
  author={Aravind reddy Kuchkuntla and Berkeley N. Limketkai and Sanjeev Nanda and Ryan T. Hurt and Manpreet S. Mundi},
  journal={Current Nutrition Reports},
  year={2018},
  volume={7},
  pages={310-323}
}
Purpose of ReviewObesity continues to be a growing concern globally due to association with a number of comorbidities and contributing significantly to increase in health care expenditures. Despite availability of a number of treatment modalities, lifestyle modification with dietary modification and exercise continues to be the foundation. However, the standard model of lifestyle modification is not efficacious or sustainable for many patients leading them to seek alternative approaches. We… 
View on Springer
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
11 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
1
Background Citations
4

11 Citations

Ketogenic Diet: an Endocrinologist Perspective
TLDR
A review of available data on the effectiveness and durability of the ketogenic diet when compared to conventional interventions finds ketogenic dietary strategies may play a role in short-term improvement of important metabolic parameters with potential for long-term benefit.
Ketogenic Diets and Exercise Performance
TLDR
The effectiveness of these dietary or supplementation strategies as a therapy for weight loss or as an ergogenic aid will be discussed and the recent evidence that indicates ketone body metabolism is a potential target for cardiac dysfunction will be reviewed.
Therapeutic Implications of Diet in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Related Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases
TLDR
The current evidence on various diets used in the treatment of IBD is summarized and the potential applications of dietary data from related immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, are explored to provide additional information to inform IBD providers.
Consensus on Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabesity (CoMeND) in Adults: A South Asian Perspective
TLDR
The aim of the Consensus on Medical Nutrition Therapy for Diabesity in Adults: A South Asian Perspective is to recommend therapeutic and preventive MNT in the South-Asians with diabesity.
2021 Dietary Guidance to Improve Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.
TLDR
This scientific statement emphasizes the importance of dietary patterns beyond individual foods or nutrients, underscores the critical role of nutrition early in life, presents elements of heart-healthy dietary patterns, and highlights structural challenges that impede adherence.
Social Influence on Fad Diet Use: A Systematic Literature Review.
TLDR
Social influence is associated with the adoption, adherence, and termination of fad diets, and the spread among interpersonal networks is revealed.
Food Faddism in a Sample from Al-Balqa Governorate in Jordan
TLDR
According to the results, the majority of the participants adhered to fad diets in order to lose weight, however, those who were unable to adopt such lifestyle modifications due to physical or economic constraints were inclined to use simple and rapid approaches for weight loss.
Factors Underlying Food Choice Motives in a Brazilian Sample: The Association with Socioeconomic Factors and Risk Perceptions about Chronic Diseases
TLDR
Differences in food choice motives presented here reinforce the existence of different niches of food consumption, as different types of products can attract specific target groups at the time of choice.
Trends in food sources of added sugar in Australian eating patterns between 1995 and 2012 using national consumption survey data.
TLDR
'Cake type desserts' appear to be increasingly consumed though 'sweetened beverages' remain a major contributor to AS intakes warranting targeted public health strategies, yet notable shifts in AS can be seen when targeting only the consumers of these food sources.
Wikipedia, Google Trends and Diet: Assessment of Temporal Trends in the Internet Users’ Searches in Italy before and during COVID-19 Pandemic
TLDR
Data from Google Trends and Wikipedia and Wikipedia are obtained in order to assess whether an analysis of Internet searches could provide information on the Internet users’ behaviour/interest in diets and show a different trend of searches based on the seasonality, year and the pandemic.
...
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 106 REFERENCES
Mediterranean Diet and Prevention of Chronic Diseases
TLDR
An overview of the nutritional basis of this healthful diet, its metabolic benefits, and its role in multiple aspects of disease prevention and healthy aging is provided.
Effect of a traditional Mediterranean diet on lipoprotein oxidation: a randomized controlled trial.
TLDR
Individuals at high cardiovascular risk who improved their diet toward a TMD pattern showed significant reductions in cellular lipid levels and LDL oxidation, providing further evidence to recommend the TMD as a useful tool against risk factors for CHD.
Comparison of the Atkins, Ornish, Weight Watchers, and Zone diets for weight loss and heart disease risk reduction: a randomized trial.
TLDR
Overall dietary adherence rates were low, although increased adherence was associated with greater weight loss and cardiac risk factor reductions for each diet group, and each popular diet modestly reduced body weight and several cardiac risk factors at 1 year.
Adherence to a Mediterranean diet and survival in a Greek population.
TLDR
Greater adherence to the traditional Mediterranean diet is associated with a significant reduction in total mortality.
Obesity epidemic: overview, pathophysiology, and the intensive care unit conundrum.
TLDR
Obesity in general is associated with increased all-cause mortality and cause-specific mortality (from cardiovascular, diabetic, hepatic, and neoplastic causes), yet despite increased overall mortality rates, current evidence suggests that when patients are admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), the obesity provides some protection against mortality.
Beneficial effects of a Paleolithic diet on cardiovascular risk factors in type 2 diabetes: a randomized cross-over pilot study
TLDR
Over a 3-month study period, a Paleolithic diet improved glycemic control and several cardiovascular risk factors compared to a Diabetes diet in patients with type 2 diabetes.
Long-term effects of a Palaeolithic-type diet in obese postmenopausal women: a 2-year randomized trial
TLDR
A PD has greater beneficial effects vs an NNR diet regarding fat mass, abdominal obesity and triglyceride levels in obese postmenopausal women; effects not sustained for anthropometric measurements at 24 months.
Dietary composition and physiologic adaptations to energy restriction.
TLDR
Diets with identical energy contents can have different effects on leptin concentrations, energy expenditure, voluntary food intake, and nitrogen balance, suggesting that the physiologic adaptations to energy restriction can be modified by dietary composition.
Islamic fasting and weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis
TLDR
Weight changes during Ramadan were relatively small and mostly reversed after Ramadan, gradually returning to pre-Ramadan status, but structured and consistent lifestyle modifications are necessary to achieve lasting weight loss.
Cardiovascular Effects of Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in Type 2 Diabetes
TLDR
The results from this trial suggest that intensive lifestyle interventions are effective in helping patients to achieve management of cardiovascular risk factors and reducing the need to initiate medication usage to manage these conditions, though the benefits in terms of the prevention of CVD morbidity and mortality beyond those achieved through aggressive medical management of hypertension and dyslipidemia is not clear.
...
...