Safe vs Safety

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I would appreciate some input on the sentence below. As far as I can tell from checking online, the book does not contain a set of safety strategies. It does, however, include strategies for losing weight that are safe to follow. Thoughts?

"This book takes a deep dive into safety strategies for weight loss and the nine phases of weight loss."
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It should be safe strategies as the strategies are safe, not strategies about safety.
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Safe, not safety.
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Thanks for your comments Mr_Wimbaum and CatInTheHat.
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You can say "drive safely" or "drive safe" when referring to driving. " Safely is recognizable as an adverb since it ends in -ly. Safe is also correct because it is technically a flat adverb, which is an adverb that has the same form as its related adjective.
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