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Example Lesson Plan
Title: Decoding Fad Diets
Target Audience: Dialysis Staff
Terminal Objective
Staff will be able to apply earmarks of quackery with nutrition
information found in the media.
Terminal Concept
Media can give faulty information. Certain earmarks can help you
identify shams.
Taxonomic
Domain: Affective
Level: Receiving, responding, and
valuing
Preparation
Projector, laptop (charged and Dr. Oz clip pulled up), handouts (two advertisements, reliable sites, and earmarks of quackery; 10
copies of each)
Diversity Group: Possibly staff members who believe in fad diets
Diversity Adjustment: Present the material in a professional and respectful. Don’t make fun of people who believe in fad diets.
Pre-Assessment
Introduction
Pre-observed that learners participate in fad diets
Dove Video: Evolution of a Model
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2gD80jv5ZQ
Supportive Objectives
Concept-Content
Time
Learning Experience
Resources
Recognize earmarks of
Earmarks of quackery
5 min.
Pass out earmarks handout. Learners
Sizer F, Whitney E.
quackery
include:
read aloud each point.
Nutrition Concepts and
 Too good to be true
Controversies. 11th ed.
 Suspicions about
Belmont: Thomson
food supply
Wadsworth; 2008.
 Testimonials
 Fake credentials
 Unpublished studies
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Identify earmarks of
quackery with three
advertisements
Supportive
Objectives
Identify
earmarks of
quackery with
three
advertisements
 Persecution claims
 Authority not cited
 Motive: personal
gain
 Advertisement
 Unreliable
publication
 Logic without proof
Concept-Content
Ad #1 includes these earmarks:
 Testimonial
 Too good to be true
 Authority not cited
 Advertisement
Dr. Oz video
 Suspicions about food supply
 Logic without proof
 Too good to be true
 Authority not cited
 Motive: personal gain
Ad #2 includes these earmarks:
 Advertisement
Time
10
min.
Learning Experience
Pass out
advertisements/watch
video. Discuss
earmarks of quackery
found in
advertisements.
Resources
http://www.doctoroz.com//videos/bestcellulite-cures
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
Identify pros
and cons of a
fad diet
Too good to be true
Negatives of fad diets:
 Cost, self-esteem, risk of
gaining back weight—plus
more, safety (rabbit starvation
and supplements not regulated
by the USDA)
Positives of fad diets:
 Motivation, goal to lose weight
for a certain event, may be
successful for some people
.
3 min
Discussion: What are
negatives of fad diets?
Are there positives?
Recognize
weight loss is a
long-term
process
2 min
Read article
Jillayne Gee’s article: Weight LossStep-By-Step
Identify four
reliable
websites
1 min
Pass out handouts of
reliable websites.
Sizer F, Whitney E. Nutrition
Concepts and Controversies. 11th ed.
Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth; 2008.
Reliable websites include:
 www.eatright.org/ncnd.html
 www.sne.org
 www.ama-assn.org
 www.ftc.gov
 www.os.dhhs.gov
 www.usda.gov
 www.cancer.org
 www.diabetes.org
 www.americanheart.org
 www.acsh.org
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
www.nachf.org (National
Council Against Health Fraud)
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