Healthy Living for Elders: Spotting Quackery Word Search1
Jennifer Hillan2
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You've probably heard about many unproven health remedies from ads on the radio, TV, or Internet. It's important to learn how to spot these scams, or quackery, because they may be harmful and expensive. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! In the word search below, try to find these words that may be clues to quackery: CURE, QUICK, MAGIC, NATURAL, SALES, TESTIMONIAL
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Footnotes
La versión en español de este documento es Vida Saludable: Reconozca el Fraude! (FCS8585span). This document, FCS8585, is one in a series of the Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. First published: March 2000. Latest Revision: February 2008. Please visit the EDIS Website at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu
Jennifer Hillan, MSH, RD, LD/N, former ENAFS nutrition educator, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611.
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