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Dieting myth is a common misconception of the
strategies that help to achieve weight loss and then maintain a
healthy weight. In general, a fad diet is also a dieting myth.
Sometimes, dieting myths are created on purpose to boost sales of a
product as a diet aid.
The most common dieting myths
include:
Crash dieting
Fad diets like, for example,
grapefruit diet
Skipping meals
Rapid weight loss without
exercises and diet changes
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