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7 questions on fad diets | 7 questions on fad diets |
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Midweek quiz | Midweek quiz |
Another week, another diet study. Scientists in Denmark say the best way to keep weight off after losing it is to make a habit of eating high protein, low glycaemic index foods.It's the latest in a long line of recommendations on diet and healthy eating. How much do you know about it? | Another week, another diet study. Scientists in Denmark say the best way to keep weight off after losing it is to make a habit of eating high protein, low glycaemic index foods.It's the latest in a long line of recommendations on diet and healthy eating. How much do you know about it? |
1.) Multiple Choice Question | 1.) Multiple Choice Question |
Among the most famous diets of the 21st Century is the Atkins diet. Does this fit the high protein, low GI bill recommended by the Danish scientists? | Among the most famous diets of the 21st Century is the Atkins diet. Does this fit the high protein, low GI bill recommended by the Danish scientists? |
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It's Thanksgiving in the United States. But which holiday favourite - in its unadorned state - has the lowest GI ranking (so digested more slowly)? | It's Thanksgiving in the United States. But which holiday favourite - in its unadorned state - has the lowest GI ranking (so digested more slowly)? |
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F-Plan, Cabbage Soup, the Zone, Miami Beach... "It diets" come and go. The latest is the Dukan, on which dieters can eat only three foods for the first week. Which ISN'T allowed? | F-Plan, Cabbage Soup, the Zone, Miami Beach... "It diets" come and go. The latest is the Dukan, on which dieters can eat only three foods for the first week. Which ISN'T allowed? |
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But the Dukan is far from the only fad diet to cut out entire food groups. Gwyneth Paltrow has recently developed osteopenia, a condition associated with a diet low in what? | But the Dukan is far from the only fad diet to cut out entire food groups. Gwyneth Paltrow has recently developed osteopenia, a condition associated with a diet low in what? |
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BMI - body mass index - uses weight in relation to height to calculate an individual's healthy weigh range. But it's a blunt tool, showing up muscular types as overweight as muscle is heavier than fat. Click the > button, below right, to continue | BMI - body mass index - uses weight in relation to height to calculate an individual's healthy weigh range. But it's a blunt tool, showing up muscular types as overweight as muscle is heavier than fat. Click the > button, below right, to continue |
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Instead, better indicators of future weight-related health problems are waist and hip measurements. Which body shape is said to be healthier? | Instead, better indicators of future weight-related health problems are waist and hip measurements. Which body shape is said to be healthier? |
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What and how much you eat is only part of it. Walking is the easiest way to get more active, but how have our walking habits changed since the mid-1980s? | What and how much you eat is only part of it. Walking is the easiest way to get more active, but how have our walking habits changed since the mid-1980s? |
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"Eat less. Move more." So said which actor when asked, in amazement, how he/she managed to lose weight gained for a role? | "Eat less. Move more." So said which actor when asked, in amazement, how he/she managed to lose weight gained for a role? |
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Your Score | Your Score |
0 - 3 : Few nibbles of chocolate | 0 - 3 : Few nibbles of chocolate |
4 - 6 : Segment of chocolate | 4 - 6 : Segment of chocolate |
7 - 7 : Tiny square of chocolate | 7 - 7 : Tiny square of chocolate |
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See BBC Food and Health links below for more on these answers. For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down). You can also do this quiz on your mobile device. | See BBC Food and Health links below for more on these answers. For past quizzes including our weekly news quiz, 7 days 7 questions, expand the grey drop-down below - also available on the Magazine page (and scroll down). You can also do this quiz on your mobile device. |