Name___________________________________________Period__________________________Date______________________________ 
                Name the fad diet for each year.  Fad Diets Timeline (Key) 
                                                
                •Vinegar and                    1825              •Graham’s Diet                   1863             •Horace Fletcher                1917 
                 Water Diet              •Low                                              •Banting’s Low            promotes                •Lulu Hunt 
                                          Carbohydrate                                      Carbohydrate             “Fletcherizing”          Peters 
                                          Diet                                              Diet                                              introduces 
                       1820                                              1830                                              1903               calorie counting 
                                               1928                                              1930                                              1950 
                •Cigarette                                        •Dr. Stoll’s                                       •Bananas & 
                 diet                    •Inuit Meat-              Diet Aid                •Hay Diet                 Skim Milk                •Grapefruit 
                                          and-Fat Diet                                                               Diet                      Diet 
                      1925                                              1930                                              1934                                        e1 
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                                                1960                                                1964                                               1976 
                 •Cabbage                                           •Calories                                           •Liquid 
                  Soup Diet                •Zen                      Don’t Count              •Drinking                  Protein Diet             •Sleeping 
                                            Macrobiotic              Diet                      Man’s Diet                                          Beauty Diet 
                      1950                  Diet                          1961                                                1970 
                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                  1985                                                1986                                               1990 
                   •Beverly Hills                                     •Fit for Life                                       •Scarsdale 
                    Diet                    •Caveman                                            •Rotation                  Diet                     •Cabbage 
                                              Diet                                               Diet                                                Soup Diet 
                        1981                                                1985                                               1987                                         2 
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                                               1995                                               1999                                               2001 
                •High                                              •Eat Right                                          •Raw Foods 
                 Protein,                •Sugar                     for Your                •Juice, Fasting             Diet                    •High 
                 Low Carb                 Busters –                 Type                     and                                                 Protein, 
                 Diet                     Cut Sugar                                          Detoxification                                      Low Carb 
                     1994                 to Trim                       1996                                                2000                 Diet 
                                               2005                                               2008                                               2012 
                •Coconut                                           •Maple                                             •Baby Food 
                 Diet                     •Cheater’s                Syrup Diet               •Banana Diet              Diet                     •Wheat-free 
                                           Diet                                                                                                  Diet 
                     2004                                                2006                                               2010                                          3 
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