Home > Healthy Eating > Archives > 2007 > February
February 2007
Skinny male models?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just thought I’d keep the discussion on body image and body size going with a new question. Do we ever see male models who are too skinny? No, the ideal body for males is muscular and “just right”. If they were skinny they’d appear “sickly” and “weak.” Of course, there’s a lot of pressures on male models to avoid gaining unwanted extra weight and infact, there is more attention being paid to male eating disorders now, too. What is your ideal for how much a males should weigh or appear to weigh?
Permalink | Comments (18) | Post your comment |
Models too skinny?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Could you wrap the rest of this olive? A high end London restaurant is offering a free meal to any fashion models with a BMI of 18 or less. Restaurant experts say if all models take advantage of the deal, the restaurant could lose up to $8. Meanwhile, some actresses and models are bolding stepping out to say “my body is beautiful!” even if it’s not stick thin. How do you weigh in on this skinny = beautiful ideal? Will some folks use this reverse trend to accept more flesh on the runway as an excuse to stay overweight?
Permalink | Comments (128) | Post your comment |
Sugar by any other name
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When you hear the term “sugar” you no doubt think of table sugar but there are many different types of sugars
from honey to molasses to high fructose corn syrup. They are all from different sources but they all contain four
calories per gram. But, since each has a different consistency they contain different calorie levels per teaspoon.
Table sugar has 16 calories per teaspoon. HIgh fructose corn sugar has 18 calories per teaspoon.
Honey contains 21 and molasses 19. Honey and molasses are a bit sweeter so you can use less to sweeten
foods and drinks. What does your sweet tooth prefer?
It’s What’s Not There that Counts
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
According to the Mintel Global New Products Database over 100,000 new food and drink products were launched in 2006. What’s ahead for this year? Turns out products falling into the “food minus” category are on their way up. Those are products that promise less fat, calories, sugar and cholesterol. So it’s what’s NOT in a food that counts with those products sharply on the rise. The biggest winners in products that have lost offending ingredients are trans fat free products and gluten free products. What don’t you want in the foods you buy? And do these product pitches work for you??
Worst Plate Scenario
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Just as the Worst-Case Scenario handbooks tell readers how to survive an alligator attack, how to jump from a moving car and how to jump from building to building using advice from actual experts on everything from wildlife to the physics of gravity…..let’s think of the Worst Case Scenario when making food choices. So it’s really the Worst Plate Scenario. Loaded with fat and calories and just plain too huge… what are your votes for Worst Plate Scenario and how to escape???
When is binging a problem?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So how many handfuls of nuts, pieces of pizza or plates of nachos did you eat during the Super Bowl?
It’s well accepted that going overboard every once in a while is human and cutting back the next day to correct for
calorie binges will keep you on track for the long haul. But, nutrition researchers are concerned that too many of us are binging on too much food way too often.
They go as far to say that frequent binge eating is the country’s most common eating disorder, far outpacing the
better-known diet problems of anorexia and bulimia, according to a national survey.
Psychiatric researchers at Harvard University Medical School and its affiliate, McLean Psychiatric Hospital, have
billed the study as the first national census of eating disorders. The results were published in the medical journal Biological Psychiatry. The survey found that 3.5 percent of women and 2 percent of men suffer from binge eating, defined as bouts of
uncontrolled eating, well past the point of being full, that occur at least twice a week.
Do you binge? And if so, is it a problem you’re concerned about?
Do men and women diet differently?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
When it comes to dieting it may be true that men are from Mars and women are from Venus!
Wellnes expert and dietitian Mary Kaye Sawyer-Morse,PhD, RD says when men want to lose weight they jump
right in with confidence they will succeed while women don’t experience an increase in self confidence until
they’ve lost a few pounds and acheived a small measure of success. Other findings: More women think
they’re “fat” while men often underestimate the degree of their weight problem. Women, more so than men, are
emotional eaters and list overeating triggers such as stress and depression. Meanwhile, women seem to have a
better handle on a balance of diet and exercise while men focus first on working out more to drop a few pounds.
So guys? gals? How do you think gender plays a role in the weight loss game??
Services »
